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Re:Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English w... by Quarrelsome on Monday April 03, 2023 @08:43AM (#35422540)
> If tomorrow, everyone spoke the same language (ignore which one it was), society would be better off.

It wouldn't last. Within years it would devolve into various creoles and with centuries; almost entirely different languages. Language is not merely functional but cultural and has purpose outside of meaning (e.g. identity).

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Re:Italian government seeks to penalize the use of English w... by DannyBee on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @01:39PM (#35457743)
This only serves to backup my point that culture preservation for no meaningful goal is highly dangerous.

Language-as-identity as a way of separating people has no meaningful use case that is positive for society.

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