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by smooth_remmy
2210 days ago
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Corn and wheat are essential food items. There is no "digital alternative" to corn and wheat. No one should need to buy a physical book/newspaper in this day and age. These wood pulp tree farms are producing luxury consumption items for the middle and upper class. Working class people don't read physical newspapers |
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Sounds like something worth fixing. Expanding libraries is one way to do so.
Back in the day, the Communist Party of Italy had legions of volunteers engaged in teaching people how to read, distributing the party's newspaper. See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Literacy_Campaign