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ELI5: Why do creole languages always use phonetic spelling?

This is a pattern I've noticed with every single creole I've heard of. Is there something in the creole development process that leads to purely phonetic spelling?
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They use phonetic spelling because there isn't time for irregularities to 
arise. If you look at the complexities in English spelling, for example, 
most of them are either remnants of older English (e.g. "knight" was originally 
pronounced as it was spelt) or copied from other languages. Tracing back far 
enough, almost all irregularities arise this way (though the occasional mistake 
is present). They are retained due to the influence of tradition and sense of 
social status they provided to the writing "elite" in times of lower literacy.


In a creole, by contrast, these forces are not generally present. Given that 
most creoles emerged only in the past few centuries, pronounciation has not 
shifted sufficiently to override "phonetic spelling". Compounding this is the 
fact that any such shifts would largely have been smoothed over- any "social 
status" to be sourced from writing is generally expressed through writing in 
the parent language(s) of the creole.