• kraftpudding@lemmy.world
    10·
    2 年前

    Not being able to read also doesn’t auromatically equate dumb though. It just highlights a systemic failure of the educations system. And arguably a country experiencing a language divide to this degree is a systemic failure of some kind as well.

    • darq@kbin.social
      7·
      2 年前

      Many countries have myriad languages in them, often because they contain myriad cultures. That’s not a failing at any level, it’s just diversity.

      • kraftpudding@lemmy.world
        4·
        2 年前

        Yeah, but I’d argue those countries either have people being decently fluent in multiple languages (which is not what this graph implies) or they have evolved their institutions and society in a way where meaningful societal and political participation is possible regardless of what language you speak. I don’t think the US is at that level, and I think it being that way if this is lived reality for a lot of Americans IS a systemic failure.

        The failure is not necessarily having multiple languages spoken, but the institutions not reflecting this reality. So you can either invest in people being fluent in a common language in addition to whatever languages they may speak OR redesign institutions and reshape society. Not doing any of the two is a systemic failure imo.