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>So the literacy crisis should make the hobby smaller and more niche than it used to be, not only because we can't read but because someone reading around you became weirder and less cool. But it isn't the case.
You're just describing selection bias. The sort of people who are actively learning to read are the sort of people who would enjoy TT games anyway, and the sort of people who aren't learning are usually the sort who wouldn't. Also helps that most illiterate people are lower-class so they spend most of their time working jobs that are very stingy with breaks and vacations while most literate people are middle-class and have jobs that give generous breaks and vacations. So such people have more time and money to spend on tt games.