In public, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia says his country’s growing friendship with China is unshakable — a strategic military and economic collaboration that has entered a golden era.
But in the corridors of Lubyanka, the headquarters of Russia’s domestic security agency, known as the F.S.B., a secretive intelligence unit refers to the Chinese as “the enemy.”
The average American has a literacy level of a 6th grader. That's the mean literacy level of the entire adult (meaning 18 years old or older) population.
So... yes.
Yes, the average American is essentially a 12 year old, that is generally how old a 6th grader is in our education system.
Americans are shockingly stupid compared to most other developed countries.
Despite something like 38% of our population having a 4 year degree or higher... only somewhere around 10% or less are capable of objectively comparing and contrasting multiple news articles about the same story, highlight the differences in phrasing, framing, and identify information and context that is or is not present, and also have a general background knowledge of the publication itself, as well as general background knowledge pertaining to the story itself.
Our education system has collapsed, after 30 years of the Republicans working toward that goal, knowing that idiots are easier to manipulate.