Estimated historical #LiteracyRates, 1451 to 1701
I was looking for data on global historical literacy rates and this is something I found. Needless to say, the estimates are prone to large uncertainties but it is sobering to see that that before the 16th century, over 80% or populations were #illiterate. This would have meant that they were condemned to #poverty and prone to manipulation and subjugation by those in power, including religious organizations.
@theplaguedoc Good luck to the #Blind #LowVision #Dyslexic #illiterate people out there who might not see or interpret this sign correctly and get run over.
#Republicans are a #CULT, not a political party.
The ENTIRE #GOP is a goddamned fucking JOKE.
Look at the #Cabinet, each one of these sick #freaks approved by #Republican Senators.
Every single one of these #trump Cabinet members is #incompetent, an #abuser, #traitorous, #illiterate, #lying, #fraudulent or just plain cold stone #fucknuts, or all above.
Approved by the Cult.
It's fucking SICK.
America has a fatal disease. It's called Republicans.
Show me ONE Cabinet member that's qualified.
#politics #alt #fasicsm #leaks #trump #tulsigabbard #securitybriefings #foxnews #illiterate #patel #misogyny #fbi #polygraph
Heather Cox Richardson 6/1/2025
Security Briefings to be like FOX in Order to Catch Trump’s Attention. Patel guts FBI, Polygraphs Agents , Female Agents Told to Find Different Job or Leave
'Borderline #illiterate': #Trump mocked as he 'runs his mouth' instead of running the country https://www.alternet.org/trump-illiterate/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=May.21.2025_6.31pm
@tante that is intentional!
That's why they are transmisogynist and racist POSes: They don't accept or even tolerate people who are more intelligent, more confident or just flatout better than them!
They don't want people to be able to #DIY or #repair or have any #knowledge, but to take the #Enshittification as "law of nature" and being dependant on an "Oracle" as a fact of life.
After spending the better part of the past 2 yrs grading #AI-generated papers, Troy Jollimore, a poet, philosopher, & Cal State Chico #ethics professor, has concerns. “Massive numbers of #students are going to emerge from #university w/degrees, & into the workforce, who are essentially #illiterate,” he said. “Both in the literal sense & in the sense of being historically illiterate & having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.”
@Lana EXACTLY THAT!
It's kinda weird that people can be #illiterate AND use a smartphone.
@MugsysRapSheet @syntaxseed @miki_lou I recall this opinion piece when you posted it. At the time, it was certainly interesting. However the relevance of his functional or total illiteracy has faded to insignificance now that his overt behaviour is affecting the entire world. #Trump #illiterate
A 19yo woman graduated from high school with honors even though she can't read
https://www.ky3.com/2025/02/28/former-high-school-honors-student-who-says-she-cant-read-write-sues-district-where-she-graduated/
#ycombinator #hartford #illiterate #connecticut #high_school #ortiz
With the world on fire this may seem trivial but why on Earth do Americans refuse to understand the difference between less and fewer?
Now #TV #commercials are using the terms incorrectly 🤬
and I have no patience left for it
#grammar #illiterate #EnglishLanguage #WillfullyIgnorant
#AmericansAreADisgraceOnEveryLevel
People seem to think "you write too much lol" as a gotcha, when you're listing many angles and many different problems.
Choose one problem and tell me why I'm wrong. Then you can ignore the rest.
But going "tl;dr lol loser" is a sign that you're either #illiterate or just #trolling.
Mr. #Trump is greatly misinformed about #Canadians wanting Canada to be the #USA's 51st state. Well, he's greatly misinformed about most things, but this is recent.
Mr. Trump, please find a good book on each of the following points, and get one of your #toadies to read it to you:
1) None of Canada's 10 #provinces and 3 #territories is named The #Sudetenland.
2) The last time a #US #president decided he'd like to take over #Canada, we marched to #Washington and burned it to the ground. You might have heard a song we wrote about it.
3) We're the reason the White House is white. It didn't start out that way.
Jingoism, bluster, lies, delusions, and dementia isn't a great combination of characteristics for a U.S. president. Why'd you Americans decide to add "convicted felon" and "sex abuser" to that list?
#CanPol #USPol #illiterate #DJT #rape #rapist #SexAbuse #felon #ConvictedFelon #MangoMussolini #WhiteHouse #WarOf1812 #USAnian #American #history #fascism
The U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reports that 54% of adult Americans cannot read above a sixth-grade level. There's similar numbers even for Canada. Approximately 26% of US adults are functionally illiterate, meaning they cannot read and comprehend relatively short texts or understand basic vocabulary. #reading is #knowledge and #power #illiterate
Friday night in Austin, TX, the Republican presidential nominee, Donald #Trump, fiercely criticized #TheAtlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, over a recent report about Trump’s troubling attitude toward the #military, which he believes should be loyal to him personally. As Goldberg reports, Trump said, “I need the kind of generals that #Hitler had,” which is both chilling & historically #illiterate.
#Tyranny #Autocracy #Authoritarianism #illiberalism
#democracy
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/10/trump-attacks-atlantics-jeffrey-goldberg-over-hitler/680422/
If Trump gets his tiny hands around the neck of the Federal Reserve, as he has been attempting for years, he will destroy the entire world economy. The fool knows nothing about monetary policy. #trump #fascist #illiterate #inept #weak #incompetent
*face palm* 🤦♂️
Come on! Make a profile or at least read the people you’re bothering’s profiles.
Says RIGHT THERE, you need a proper profile or send a pic.
#Sniffies
#illiterate
@RobertDaleParker@mstdn.social
How would they know if they liked it!? They can't read, they're all #Illiterate #Weirdos
#ICYMI, Pete Davidson of #SNL fame tells radio host #Opie (oops! Correction. I heard this on the radio today, but he said it EIGHT YEARS AGO in 2015) that "Donald T**** can't read."
This bolsters my Jan 2019 Op/Ed pointing to evidence that T**** is actually "functionally #illiterate." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR7cQAjZsJI
