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There’s no such decline in consumption. There’s always been a horde of illiterate people among the lower classes because decoding written letters is a very abst
by Erratic6576 3y ago
There’s no such decline in consumption. There’s always been a horde of illiterate people among the lower classes because decoding written letters is a very abstract and complicated intellectual activity.
A few centuries ago, the illiteracy rate was way higher. But it’s always been mostly been niche activity for intelligent people, that’s why the school used to focus on training that skill
- ffgjgf1 3y ago> There’s no such decline in consumption Isn’t it? Weren’t people reading more books on average if we go back a decade or few?
- TheCoelacanth 3y agoThere is a decline compared to the brief time period between the invention of compulsory education and the invention of TV.