50 percent of American adults can’t read at or above an 8th grade level.

Explains a lot.

What is the racial breakdown of our prisons and of juvenile offenders BTW?

Very evident based on many posters here

If only we just poured more money into our schools, then we wouldn't have these problems! Also, we need to send $100 billion more to Ukraine!

-mmmmbeeer

4 out of 5 people under 45 can’t pass the citizenship test.

Well then, it's time to abolish the Dept. of Education!!!

"Smart" phones and social media have only exacerbated this problem. It is somehow "cool" to type out and spell words like an illiterate person now.

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50 percent of American adults can’t read at or above an 8th grade level.

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This is the first believable evidence I’ve seen that gives credibility to the claim 81 million people did legitimately vote for Joe Biden in 2020.

It also reinforces my belief that the worst mistake in our country’s history has been to set the voting bar at being 18 years old and having a pulse.

Not surprising at all.

There is a huge gap in this country not isolated to wealth.

When I talk to someone who maybe doesn't have their life together, a good deal of the time (not all) it's like talking to someone still in high school. The level of conversation is just not there.

Then I talk to someone thriving in this country (again, not everyone) and I think I've met one of the smarter people in the world.