neamhsplach@beehaw.org to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoWould you rather be illiterate or have no legs?message-squaremessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up111arrow-down1message-squareWould you rather be illiterate or have no legs?neamhsplach@beehaw.org to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square63fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarethatsTheCatch@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoDepends what country I’m in. A developing country with poor education and lots of agricultural/manual labour jobs? Illiterate. A developed nation with good education and knowledge work jobs that can be done even without legs? No legs. A developed nation is also likely to be more wheelchair accessible, which is how I’m assuming I would get around.
minus-squarePlexSheep@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoA developed nation with good education would make it pretty easy to learn how to read.
minus-squareneamhsplach@beehaw.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoFor the purposes of the argument, you are you. You are in your current situation. You wake up tomorrow morning with either a lack of legs or a lack of reading ability. Which is preferable?
Depends what country I’m in.
A developing country with poor education and lots of agricultural/manual labour jobs? Illiterate.
A developed nation with good education and knowledge work jobs that can be done even without legs? No legs.
A developed nation is also likely to be more wheelchair accessible, which is how I’m assuming I would get around.
A developed nation with good education would make it pretty easy to learn how to read.
For the purposes of the argument, you are you. You are in your current situation. You wake up tomorrow morning with either a lack of legs or a lack of reading ability. Which is preferable?