The ruling class wants you to be literate enough to understand their written orders. And nothing more. True literacy is punk. True literacy is revolutionary....
Nice wordsmithing, quite self indulgent while presenting to be benevolent. I do agree with a lot of points but conclusions are a miss. I would say that the biggest issue here is that the world is accelerating more and more. Information barrage is intense and squeezing books for entertainment is a non-trivial task. While author talks about US, similar trends are present globally without the force of spooky “imperialistic hand”.
also I think Boondocks has done a hell of a job satirizing this and many other issues while getting a point across very clearly author is definetely a Huey
What's your favorite depiction of cyberspace? (lemmy.zip)
Including any movie, TV show, video game, book, anime, whatever. What’s your favorite depiction of cyberspace?...
you’ve been traumatized into hating reading (and it makes you easier to oppress). (ismatu.substack.com)
The ruling class wants you to be literate enough to understand their written orders. And nothing more. True literacy is punk. True literacy is revolutionary....
are we there yet (lemmy.world)
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