The Supreme Court has blocked an order for the Trump administration to return to work thousands of federal employees who were let go in mass firings aimed at dramatically downsizing the federal government.
Yet, according to a recent study from the Department of Education, roughly half of U.S. adults, aged 16 to 74 years old — 54% or 130 million people — lack literacy proficiency.
This means they effectively read below a sixth grade reading level. They literally cannot string complex ideas together and understand how those ideas interact.
Unfortunately, it’s what’s going on with a good many of “the left” too. Zero mastery of passions, zero ability to slow* down, think through impotent rage enough to temper emotion and harness what’s left for any action, other than hurling Internet insults, worrying about temporary loss aversion now, rather than permanent, more severe loss, for inability to harness well-thought, effectual action.
Unfortunately, that only accounts for maybe a quarter of the total population of the US.
https://www.barbarabush.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/BBFoundation_GainsFromEradicatingIlliteracy_9_8.pdf
This means they effectively read below a sixth grade reading level. They literally cannot string complex ideas together and understand how those ideas interact.
Which is why the simple messages used by the nazis sticks. They use emotion and that resonates with our monumental pile of dumbasses.
Unfortunately, it’s what’s going on with a good many of “the left” too. Zero mastery of passions, zero ability to slow* down, think through impotent rage enough to temper emotion and harness what’s left for any action, other than hurling Internet insults, worrying about temporary loss aversion now, rather than permanent, more severe loss, for inability to harness well-thought, effectual action.