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vegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months ago

Trump's approval rating slips as Americans worry about the economy

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vegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months ago
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    21 percent are illiterate, 54 percent have a literacy below 6th grade level.

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      What I’ll never fully understand are the ostensibly capable knowledge workers that believe the shit Trump says. Our web admin hurts my heart. “Dude, I know you know how to fact check.” In their case, it’s just Christianity.

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        know how to fact check

        Christian

        Are you sure tho?

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          Lol I made a comment to another engineer at work that was something like “idk how an engineer could ever be religious due to the fact many think logically”

          Turns out he was very Christian oops

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            Come to Utah and meet a vast swath of idiot mormon engineers.

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            Lmao have made a similar slip before at work

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        Intelligent people can also be indoctrinated into a cult. Probably only takes a bit longer.

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          No, just have to get to them when they’re young

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      Holy balls. I used to be an instructor in the career retraining field, so I believed your numbers. Trust, but verify: https://www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/post/literacy-statistics-2024-2025-where-we-are-now

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      Hmmm I wonder how accurate this is. It’s very hard to believe that 75% of Americans read below a 6th grade level. Not sure if that’s a testament to how good 6th graders read or not. Or is that 54% inclusive of those that are also illiterate?

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        It’s almost certainly inclusive.

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