Of course, in this scenario I was speaking only of children and their specific book reading. I don't know how it is now, but back when I was in public education we had expectations and programs that required you to be reading at least a few books a year.
And once they limited that from "anything in the library or good enough for a book report" to "only approved by the system literature" we all just stopped reading most books beyond the barest minimum with a skim to pass. I kept reading on my own like a nerd, but most didn't and won't.
Which failed on multiple levels, but would absolutely shoot the "groom them into being easy prey for pedos and trannies" plan in the foot because no reading at all defaults them back to instincts. Which would reject those things anyway.
Of course, in this scenario I was speaking only of children and their specific book reading. I don't know how it is now, but back when I was in public education we had expectations and programs that required you to be reading at least a few books a year.
And once they limited that from "anything in the library or good enough for a book report" to "only approved by the system literature" we all just stopped reading most books beyond the barest minimum with a skim to pass. I kept reading on my own like a nerd, but most didn't and won't.
Which failed on multiple levels, but would absolutely shoot the "groom them into being easy prey for pedos and trannies" plan in the foot because no reading at all defaults them back to instincts. Which would reject those things anyway.