• darq@kbin.social
    71·
    1 year ago

    Looking at the current state of the US… That’s not the point that you might think it is.

    Yes, I think if the average US citizen had better access to information, they might be able to make more positive change to the world around them.

    I think people are capable of more than just existing and being “productive” as defined by today’s capitalist world. So consider that what you call “functioning”, I think people have the potential for more than that, if given the tools. That’s the opposite of elitism.

    That really sounds like elitism to me.

    If you are not even going to try and entertain a conflicting perspective, and just sit there and throw accusations, then you are wasting my time.

    • Primarily0617@kbin.social
      26·
      1 year ago

      Now it’s just elitism repackaged as condescension.

      The average person can read the average article just fine, given that the average article is quite literally written specifically so that the average person can read it. A publishing house that only puts out materials in Shakespearean prose is not going to last long.

      I don’t know what “access to information” you’re thinking that the average US adult doesn’t have.

      • darq@kbin.social
        51·
        1 year ago

        Now it’s just elitism repackaged as condescension.

        Bite me, you utter waste of time.

      • TheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.idEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        This is simply untrue. There is no world in which someone with 6th grade reading comprehension is going to be able to read, absorb and parse a 3000 word article on a complex political or scientific or economic issue, no matter how simple the language used. It’s just not going to happen. Full stop.

        If you want to be a well-informed citizen, you have to be able to read at least at a 12th grade level.

        The last two decades have underscored this.