I would also add that there is somewhere between 21% - 25% of the American population is functionally illiterate. This means that people can read short messages, texts and headlines if they focus, but are basically incapable of comprehending and internalizing written material more abstract or complicated than a meme or tweet.
The far-right MAGA conservatives who are ride-or-die with Trump no matter what happens also seem to line up pretty close to this percentage. I don’t think anyone has done a direct study of a connection or even correlation, but I would put money on the bet that the Venn diagram is a perfect circle.
The_v@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
How can you not mention the awesome studies on bullshit.
jspp.psychopen.eu/index.php/jspp/…/6565.pdf/
Conservatives fall for bullshit.