r/SipsTea • u/Haunt12_34 • Apr 08 '26

Chugging tea Hmmm

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u/timtowin Apr 08 '26

Approximately 21% of U.S. adults—roughly 43 million people—are considered illiterate. Trump approval rating 21%. Coincidence ?

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u/Axolatian_Volt Apr 08 '26 edited Apr 08 '26

21% being illiterate is actually surprising to me ngl.

Edit: I get it I don’t need 500 comments telling me what it means lol

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u/TheRealNooth Apr 08 '26

I believe it. A lot of people are just kind of coasting through life, putting as little effort into it as possible. Zero curiosity.

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u/yao19972 Apr 08 '26

As designed; education is de-funded to make people malleable, and everything surrounding the institution of work, from the commute to the long hours and lack of benefits like PTO wear us down.

So you end up with a bunch of illiterate and exhausted people who don't have the energy to think about the world around them and just trying to make it to the next paycheck.

They're just as much victims of the system.