The source seems extremely dubious with seemingly no way to see how they conducted the study and where they pulled the numbers from , and some of the points are not very well worded especially in their 2024 study, there the first 2 lines are:
“On average, 79% of U.S. adults nationwide are literate in 2024.
21% of adults in the US are illiterate in 2024.”
Granted, English isn’t my first language but those statements just seem contradictory. “U.S. adults nationwide” and “adults in the US” seems like the exact same thing, unless someone can correct me. Turns out I’m the one who can’t read, thought both examples used “illiterate” rather than “literate and illiterate”
Comment sections are also filled by bots so that doesn’t give that much confidence either.
If 21 % can’t read (are Illiterate) then it makes sense that 79 % can read (are literate). So yes, nationwide and in the US are the same thing.
Besides that, I agree. No sources is a no go and no moderated comments is a fucking biohazard.
If 21 % can’t read (are Illiterate) then it makes sense that 79 % can read (are literate). So yes, nationwide and in the US are the same thing.
Seems like I can’t read myself, I thought both said illiterate. My mistake.
The so explains the conservative ascendancy. More morons for their electorate who uncritically swallow everything spoon-fed to them, less for the progressives on the left.
50% of Americans read so poorly that they are unable to perform simple tasks such as reading prescription drug labels
Maybe they could start them off with something easier, like Finnegans Wake
Literacy has played a large factor in advancements in societies and more important liberation of oppressed peoples. The fascists and greedy rich people have been doing everything to fuck with education for decades. And US citizens have been more or less taking pride in being stupid. The working and poor need to be doing everything possible to take pride in learning to combat this degeneration for our survival.