More (not so) fun facts:
54% of American adults read below a 6th grade level.
21% read below a 5th grade level, which is considered functionally illiterate.
High immigration numbers don’t fully explain it either, as first gen immigrants only make up about 1/3 of those with low literacy.
The irony is if you’re smart enough to read a nyt article you should be smart enough to realize what a rag it is. Unless you support genocide I guess.
Plato’s cave
Catch 22 lol