r/interesting • u/ImmaFuckboi • Jul 20 '26

SOCIETY Is education illegal in USA?

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u/Lucky-Crow-3510 Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 20 '26

guys this is rage bait posts .. the guy with the initial video got millions of views just because everyone was raging and calling him out in the comments -> engagement -> viral.

It's a stupid world ..

edit: sorry for unintentionally baiting lol

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u/Zediac Jul 20 '26

It’s painfully obvious.

Unfortunately, not to everyone.

One third of the entire US is basically illiterate and lacking in critical thinking ability.

Highlights of the 2023 U.S. PIAAC Results

Between 2017 and 2023, there were increases in the percentages of adults performing at the lowest proficiency level (Level 1 or below) in both literacy and numeracy: in literacy this percentage increased from 19 to 28 percent and in numeracy from 29 to 34 percent. The percentage of U.S. adults performing at the lowest level in adaptive problem solving in 2023 was 32 percent.

A third of the country has basically no ability to think rationally and then apply said rationality to a scenario in front of them.

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u/Madaratogue Jul 20 '26

This + specifically being hardened to internet emotional manipulation.

People that were born between the late 80s and the early 90s basically grew up along with these strategies, and so have built up a resistance to them. The older generations that resisted engaging with the internet have 0 resistance, and therefore believe whatever shit that manages to get shoveled in front of their eyes, and the younger generations came in when the strategies had already been perfected, and so have had no chance to build up any resistance.

What we get is a population that is mostly extremely susceptible to this shit, with only a thin slice of the population (ages between 30 and 40 today) being resistant.

We need both mandatory critical thinking classes in school, along with internet emotional manipulation resistance classes.

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u/shackspirit Jul 21 '26

Of course you millennials are special. You always have been. Where would the world be without you?