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mysonsfather67.bsky.social
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157 days ago
"All you elites, with your fancy readin and stuff."
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inauspicious.bsky.social
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157 days ago
"They/them over there with their fancy reading and stuff, they're the real tyrannical and oppressive elites, not little ol me and my billionaire pals"
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consumed.bsky.social
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157 days ago
You laugh. There was a time when that was true. Only certain, elite members of society were allowed to be literate and educated.
Perhaps that is the former great time they seek?
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waldo42.bsky.social
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156 days ago
The printing press saved us from total church control over writing and literacy.
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goldleef.bsky.social
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157 days ago
Revert back to Latin Mass as well - that'll stymie em
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dhistoryman.bsky.social
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157 days ago
Not true north of Maryland, and in Puritan land even enslaved folks were supposed to learn to read.
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waldo42.bsky.social
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156 days ago
Older than that. The printing press' greatest contribution in the west is wringing near total control over writing and literacy away from the Catholic Church.
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dhistoryman.bsky.social
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conjuay.bsky.social
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157 days ago
So they could shove the bible even deeper down their throats.
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dhistoryman.bsky.social
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157 days ago
True, but having the power to read it yourself could be and sometimes was subversive.
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ohsoyedy.bsky.social
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157 days ago
Yes me lord
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Perhaps that is the former great time they seek?