[lbo-talk] U.S. working class: functionally literate

[Michael Dawson]

Like all misanthropes, you elide the main explanation, which is
commercialism and commodification, a.k.a., the normal operation of corporate
capitalism.


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> On Behalf Of Wojtek Sokolowski
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> 
> Yet another example of dumbing down that does not involve between-class
> differences.
> 
> Retail sales, especially hardware stores. Virtually all sales associates
> working there are working class.  You can get useful information on
> various
> products and know-how from older associates (say, 40+), but if you ask
> younger ones (20+) a question, the chances are you will get a dumb look
> and
> either "I dunno" or he will read to you the product's label.
> 
> Wojtek
> 
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