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I've probably lite(rule)y done this 🙏 (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 2 months ago (3 children)

No they aren't. There are just more idiots in the us because it has a larger population. Here in germany there are a ton of idots too (AFD voters (extreme right))

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

the americans are generally less literate though. germany's self-reported 99% literacy rate is quite a bit higher than the us's self-reported 92% literacy

(the AFD is of course awful)

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A literate person has better opportunity to learn ethics and good thinking habits, but they also have better opportunity to confirm their own biases and be manipulated by grifters. It is kind of a wash when it comes to being a good person or not if the rest of the education system doesn't actually educate.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

or to reject them altogether

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

I suspect there may be a discrepancy in what is defined as illiterate. You'll find plenty in America who may struggle to read quickly, but I only know one person who is fully illiterate in all languages (she can spell her name and can read numbers though) but she's more than 90 years old and I'm from a low literacy area.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

how dare you insult the wikipedians who vote on articles for deletion!!!