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A must-read from @jeffjarvis. There's even data: "U.S. ranks 36th worldwide in literacy. The lack of education in the United States, the attack by the fascist right on the institutions of education, and the ignorance of too much of the public is what made them vulnerable to the siren call of #fascism, #Fox, and extremist right propaganda."

https://medium.com/whither-news/this-is-how-the-brokentimes-covers-the-fascist-oligarchy-b6b2c38e1178

#NYT
#MAGA
#fascism #maga #fox #nyt @Jeff Jarvis
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Wait, am I reading this right? Thirty-SIXTH!?

Damn! I thought all y'all were at least thirty-fifth!

(I know, it's no joking matter, but I'm kind of in shock here.)
Cindy Weinstein
Yes, you read it right. There is a reason Trump likes the poorly educated and has nominated one of the co-founders of the World Wrestling Entertainment for head of the Department of Education.
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If not for the Dumbing Down, we wouldn't have got Shrub, and Trump, would we? @zdl @jeffjarvis
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It gets worse the deeper I read that article.

79% literacy rating!? Over a fifth of Americans *can't read*!?

That's worse than the worst number I would have come up with myself.

With Canada sitting at 99% and China at 96.8% despite its massive very recent handicap, I would have expected at least 90% for the USA (which itself would have been shockingly low for an industrial power).

79%? That's beyond the pale for even my cynical soul.
huntingdon
The geography of American illiteracy is troubling. But the American South leads the country in illiteracy, with Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama leading the way. Fertile ground for Fascism.
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This doesn't look like it's just a southern problem to me. I see a lot of fascist red in the North as well.

I don't have an equivalent map of literacy by county, unfortunately, so I can't make a direct comparison, but ... that map looks dire no matter where you are.
The 2024 election results by county showing mostly red with only small islands of blue here and there.
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Of course literally seconds after pressing "Post" I find this:

And yes, I'm seeing some pretty solid patterns from north to south in literacy, but not a lot of correlation between literacy and votes. Like some of the highest literacy rates are in the middle of a sea of red. There's one largeish blob of blue that has a matching LOWER literacy rate in the central north that's surrounded by higher-literacy red.
A map of adult literacy by county in the USA that shows little correlation between literacy and voting for Trump in 2024.
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