/lit/ - Literature

>being literate is good for society

Capt Obvious Alert

also this post and the way you write are /r/atheist tier

>thinks illiteracy is the world's greatest obstacle
>use pic of man who consistently votes against funding schools

>>3860695
You are not the simpsons and thus your post is not spot on.

In World War II, when Latin was still regularly taught in schools, 96 to 100 percent of soldiers could read proficiently. Then they started teaching only English, and by the Vietnam War only 73% could read. Problem, plebs?

but I think you're overreacting somewhat
http://pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=6&n=1
there's a pretty big problem with education, no doubt

It's not the cause. It's certainly one of the symptoms and it certainly contributes to ignorance and barbarism, but it's not THE cause. Remember, one can be quite well read and still be a barbarian; Eichmann quoted Kant at his trial.

>>3860702
pic was the only one that dealt with reading
also schools don't really educate our children there are more and more illiterate graduating from high school and our teachers couldn't careless if the people in their classes learn as long as they get a pay check
>>3860703
whats /r/atheist?

i thought that a group of people who read literature might want to discuss the decline of said /lit/
there are few good books being written and people couldn't care less as long as they can discuss Kim and Kanye's baby

also just bought brave new world is that related to my subject?

>>3860695
Illiteracy is at the lowest rate it has ever been, in the history of the world. More people are literate now than at any period in the past.

Give it up, man. This is like a rally to save cockroaches. Your problem is invented. Imaginary.

I kind of agree but it's not about literacy as such, it's about education and culture.

As Olson put it, "When the attentions change, the jungle leaps in."

>>3860708
lol

>>3860695
>says the guy who didn't read that, but saw it on "Vice" on HBO

>>3860695
>trusting what Western corporate media says about basically anything

>see thread is by someone naive enough to think Ron Paul isn't anything other than a joke
>minimize

>>3860695
>Recently i have read articles talking about how Jihadis in Afghanistan and Philippines are using children as suicide bombers and child soldiers, and are able to fill their heads with ridiculous ideas (like suicide vest only kill the other people) because they are illiterate and uneducated.

What fucked up rose-tinted glasses have you been wearing, and what could you possibly imagine the past to have been like?

Total oblivious fool detected. Go dig a hole, OP, time to stick your head in the sand.

>>3860793
ya i saw that vice ep it encouraged me to read more articles. did u see the one about smoking in Indonesia similar problem people think they can cure cancer by smoking

>>3860695
The problem isn't illiteracy; it's lack of education (not the same as illiteracy), lack of wealth, and the totalitarian manipulation and ownership of information from those with wealth. Paul is an excellent example: he presents himself as being an everyman's champion that crusade's for freedom when all of his actions lead to the continued disenfranchisement of the American people.

>>3860823
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlgqWeuhJj4
Yep, relate it back to education

Okay thanks for the attention i apologize for burdening you with my worries .
Ron Paul ain't that bad
i don't live in Texas or Kansas so neither he or his son represent me
But at least they add to the discussion unlike their peers
But it is my belief that representation only facilitates laziness

i am going to go numb my brain with vidya games

>>3860755
>thinks illiteracy is the bane of civilization
>makes sure to point out he thinks schools do nothing

Does Op know that illiteracy actually means the inability to read? The way his post is it sounds like he means the uncultured or anti-intellectual.
>I think the growth of the illiterate population signals the fall of culture and society.
What growth?

ALSO,
Ron Paul really isn't that bad. At least not on privacy issues and foreign affairs.