[SubMareener]

Well it is simple. It is a mature authoritarian state were the need for uneducated masses to riot in the streets is over. So now the people do what they are told, and if the state says you are going to learn to read, then you are going to learn to read.

[JimRed]

So now the people do what they are told, and if the state says you are going to learn to read, then you are going to learn to read.

And, don't get caught reading that which is not regime-approved!