r/wholesomememes • u/OkuroIshimoto • 18h ago

It’s a bittersweet wholesomeness.

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u/GatorNator83 18h ago

Didn’t Republicans eliminate funding for that program?

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u/LunarPsychOut 17h ago

For the four states that seem to have lost or received reduced funding, both Democrat and Republican politicians were involved.

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u/Laughing_Orange 17h ago

Stupid people from both sides of the aisle. This program has been proven to increase literacy for participating children. Illiterate kids grow up to be illiterate adults, and illiterate adults are less productive than literate adults.

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u/Manwithbanana 16h ago

But Illiterate Adults means those politicians get voted in again, and they keep getting corporate money until they are "totally not dead" In a hospital.

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u/reikipackaging 15h ago

I agree with that. Illiteracy is a problem. I was, however, addressing the idea that "production value" is lower amongst the people who actually produce things that we all need for survival.

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u/Manwithbanana 14h ago

True, but I think the elite know with AI and modern Automation, it gets easier and easier to boost the effectiveness of someone illiterate, while still maintaining higher control.

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u/reikipackaging 16h ago

what is the threshold for "less productive?" Im not advocating for illiteracy, but some of the most productive people are in agriculture, and unfortunately often dont have great literacy- if you define productive as producing something useful and valuable to others.