Question above is pretty blunt but was doing a study for a college course and came across that stat. How is that possible? My high school sucked but I was well equipped even with that sub standard level of education for college. Obviously income is a thing but to think 1 out of 5 American adults is categorized as illiterate is…astounding. Now poor media literacy I get, but not this. Edit: this was from a department of education report from 2022. Just incase people are curious where that comes from. It does also specify as literate in English so maybe not as grim as I thought.
Republicans.
They want everyone uneducated because the more educated you are, the more likely you are to vote democrat. Hence all the defunding of school programs
They want you uneducated so you’re not able to comprehend the nigh infinite ways they’re constantly chipping away personal freedoms and enriching themselves and their corporate benefactors. So they can dismantle public institutions and replace them with private for-profit businesses.
They also love ruining things so their mindless voters vote to defund it.