The ruling class wants you to be literate enough to understand their written orders. And nothing more. True literacy is punk. True literacy is revolutionary.
If you look at this article and think “this is too long to read” you’re part of the target audience. Make the time.
From my maths degree, I can tell you that the intensity or importancy of something does at no point correlate with the length of the article.
Quite the opposite, in fact: If you truly have something to say, you can get it straight and to the point.