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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SeducingCamel@lemm.ee 8 months agoHigh reading level shouldn’t be elitist, we should strive to have a well educated population
Primarily0617@kbin.social 8 months ago
MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Sorry to say but society works by hierarchies, some people deserve more than others.
the_q@lemmy.world 8 months ago
No they don’t.
Primarily0617@kbin.social 8 months ago
some people deserve more than others
this is also elitism
MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 8 months ago
That’s… why I agree with it.
SeducingCamel@lemm.ee 8 months ago
And why is that?
SCB@lemmy.world 8 months 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.
Bipta@kbin.social 8 months 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.
Primarily0617@kbin.social 8 months ago
should be pretty easy to provide a tangible benefit, then
Aqarius@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Sure: being able to tell the author of the text is lying to you.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
This point should be front and center when countering the STEM circlejerk of “humanities are useless”.
Primarily0617@kbin.social 8 months ago
not tested in grade school reading level