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what's the concrete advantage of the average person reading at a high level is, past some sort of weird elitism?
they clearly haven't needed the skill in their lives, or their reading level wouldn't have "atrophied" over time, so what's the point?
i also don't particularly care how well the average adult has their multiplication tables memorised
High reading level shouldn't be elitist, we should strive to have a well educated population
Sorry to say but society works by hierarchies, some people deserve more than others.
And why is that?
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.