Reading ~~classical liberal~~ (neoclassical reactionary) writing about ❄️🍑, I'm realizing something: just like polished English used to be evidence of quality of content ( now subverted by LLMs), being halfway literate used to be a sign of semi-elite status... I don't think J.S. Mill et al imagined a world where every nit(t)wit is more eloquent than the next.