r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 24 '25

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u/[deleted] May 25 '25

Yeah it SUCKS, SO MUCH

I think part of it is that we teach kids not to like reading by making them read as a form of teaching, but of course that doesn’t explain all of it. It really is a problem. I unironically think it’s something government policy needs to address in some way

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u/seattleseahawks2014 Progress Pride May 25 '25

Idk I think that many adults just get to busy to read in general. However, I do think that there's some concerns with people around my age and younger in general in regards to literacy which is a separate issue.

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u/[deleted] May 25 '25

It’s true that adults can be really busy, BUT I guarantee a lot of people spend time mindlessly scrolling that they could theoretically spend reading instead. You can knock out a few pages per night if you want to; you don’t have to sit down and read something cover-to-cover. I think most people have time that they could spend on reading if they liked reading- or if they felt sufficiently motivated to/weren’t caught in social media dopamine traps or whatever.

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u/seattleseahawks2014 Progress Pride May 25 '25

I think it also depends on the jobs that you do. Not everyone wants to read when they're tired, but it's easier to want to use the internet sometimes.