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[–] [email protected] 31 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (10 children)

The percentage of the population that's illiterate is way higher than it has any business being.

Like "can't read at an elementary school level".

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 hours ago (7 children)

Wow, those figures are shocking. US of A, 1st economy in the world, 1st military power in the world and our space, 36th in literacy rate. I am sad for fellow Americans :(

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (4 children)

The US ranks 36th in literacy.

This is a deceptive statistic. It merely indicates that many countries like Uzbekistan and North Korea falsely report 100% literacy rates. Look here. The USA literacy rate is actually about the same as that of other wealthy Western democracies.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

North Korea probably does have high literacy so the people can read and understand all the propaganda.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 hours ago

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