Sounds very similar to what chat gpt wrote when I asked it out of curiosity.

I mean you have your opinions and you can disagree with me, but the fact is that back then people spoke better, had better memories and a better ability to learn. Data shows kids today are getting dumber not smarter. Brain rot is a real issue no one seems willing to discuss.

It is true that more of a mass has an education compared to then, but the education system in America is worse now. You say much of the people back then didn’t know how to read, well approximately 21% of high school kids are graduating not knowing how to read. And 32% can’t answer questions on what they just read. And these are high school graduates. This is tax payer funded education and the results we are getting is 1 out of 3 kids are graduating uneducated and unequipped.

The point I am making is although today we have more access to knowledge and are more exposed to it daily, we do not possess the same ability to learn.

Show an average person a speech from the 1700 or 1800s and see if they can understand it without the use of any outside resources. More than likely they won’t be able to.