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>arguing to keep people illiterate suggests a state of literacy at large. I don't think anybody is arguing this.
by AussieWog93 5y ago
>arguing to keep people illiterate suggests a state of literacy at large.
I don't think anybody is arguing this.
- ggm 5y agoHistorically, at some points in time I believe both the church and state did. The reformation is blamed in part on increasing adult literacy, and the translation of the bible into the vernacular, combined with a drastic drop in the cost of the means of production of written materials.