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eagans:

soracities:

(1) the ruling class benefits from illiteracy. (2) short-form video entertains more than it sticks. (3) reading is a discipline distinct from listening, watching, or other forms of literacy. It’s a skill that needs to be honed separately. (4) Absolutely no one comes to save us but us.ALT

“Absolutely no one comes to save us but us.”

Ismatu Gwendolyn, “you’ve been traumatized into hating reading (and it makes you easier to oppress)”, from Threadings, on Substack [ID’d]