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you’ve been traumatized into hating reading (and it makes you easier to oppress). (ismatu.substack.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The ruling class wants you to be literate enough to understand their written orders. And nothing more. True literacy is punk. True literacy is revolutionary.

If you look at this article and think "this is too long to read" you're part of the target audience. Make the time.

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Reading books is one thing, but sorting through articles online is another. There's so much crap out there put out by so many bad faith actors that it's become a necessary everyday skill to be able to skim through something to decide if it's even worth your time (which itself is a highly literary skill). Even when you've found a good paper or article, does it relate enough to the topic you're looking for? There's a reason even academic papers come with abstracts and executive summaries.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

not to mention crappy AI articles being an issue nowadays

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

Fwiw this article is well worth reading, in my opinion. I feel like it presents a valuable perspective and insight. I just shared it on a couple discord servers, after reading it myself.