Comment on New Study: 54% of American Adults Read Below 6th Grade-Levels

• Bipta@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It's really weird to call a 7th grade reading level or better elitism in the first place, and calling it "weird elitism" is even worse.

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  • Primarily0617@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    should be pretty easy to provide a tangible benefit, then

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    • Aqarius@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Sure: being able to tell the author of the text is lying to you.

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      • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        This point should be front and center when countering the STEM circlejerk of “humanities are useless”.

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      • Primarily0617@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        not tested in grade school reading level

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• Primarily0617@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You don't want a well-educated population for the sake of having a well-educated population. You want it so that you can have a productive population. And clearly, a high reading level isn't required to be a productive member of society since otherwise reading level wouldn't drop over time like this figure is implying.

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• MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Sorry to say but society works by hierarchies, some people deserve more than others.

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  • the_q@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    No they don’t.

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  • Primarily0617@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    some people deserve more than others

    this is also elitism

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    • MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That’s… why I agree with it.

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  • SeducingCamel@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    And why is that?

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    • SCB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Because most people are little more than animals, by choice and aren’t worth the effort of trying to help.

      I’m all for providing for their basic needs, often against their own voting habits and thus their own desires, but expecting some poor redneck to suddenly be valuable as a person is just insane.

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