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[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

The US ranks 36th in literacy.

This is a deceptive statistic. It merely indicates that many countries like Uzbekistan and North Korea falsely report 100% literacy rates. Look here. The USA literacy rate is actually about the same as that of other wealthy Western democracies.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

North Korea probably does have high literacy so the people can read and understand all the propaganda.

[–] parody@lemmings.world 13 points 2 days ago

Promoted to mod of and banned from c/Pyongyang in one comment

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

You are right. Very interesting link, thanks !