Fewer than half of US adults read a book last year.
— Athenaeum Book Club (@athenaeumbc) April 30, 2026
Even fewer read an actual novel, and the trend is looking worse still for teenagers.
Why is nobody talking about this?? pic.twitter.com/OHP5jzo2vg
This number is about the same among college professors.
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Clarissa's Blog 
Pathetic.
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Why would they?
An illiterate population is one that will not understand contracts, laws, rights, and on and on and on.
Essentially an illiterate population is prey to those predatory narcissists who have delusions of becoming the new nobility. It is in their best interest to not only not report this growing issue, but to encourage it.
Its the same reason there is no real urgency to do something about the massive uptick of those who can’t read or write. After all its hard to call them out on their corruption if you can’t read the laws.
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