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More than half of USAmericans can't read to a sixth grade level, what does this actually mean? (hexbear.net)
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Like, in a practical sense? Do you have any stories or examples from your life?

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[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

brain drain is going to hit the country like a comically large boomerang,

To where?

[–] hello_hello@hexbear.net 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

juche-rose

Slightly more seriously, the people who can actually do things will go to countries where they can actually do them. The US ripping the copper wire out of everything will reverse any sort of intellectual dominance that it once had.