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I mean even "educated" PhDs who "read a lot" are still stupid as fuck and cannot for the life of them realize that they are being swayed by propaganda so I think the problem goes way deeper than just basic reading comprehension
Actually now that I think about it, solving reading comprehension is a lot easier of a task than trying to un-brainwash these dumb "well-read Politics and Prose" liberals who drive around with NPR stickers on the back of their cars and laptops...
These doesn't have anything to do with being 'stupid'. It's a matter of choosing theoretical frameworks for navigating the word. I don't see any non-arbitrary reason for choosing a framework that writes-off most of common discourse as propaganda, even if that's the path I chose based on the contingencies of my own life.