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Re:A Small Violin Part Highlights Bigger Problems for the Gl... by pcthrowaway on Wednesday April 02, 2025 @01:58PM (#43559412)
Not sure why you're making this personal. I do of course realize the privilege in speaking English as a first language, being born in a developed nation, as a white cis-man, and so on.

To cling to the idea that English need continue to be the most important global economic language though, is a type of linguistic and economic supremacy I don't care to partake in.

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Re:A Small Violin Part Highlights Bigger Problems for the Gl... by drivebyhooting on Wednesday April 02, 2025 @03:04PM (#43560291)
If you were playing a strategy game you would definitely value your country’s language remaining the língua franca.

The same logic applies in the real world. It’s not personal. It’s the most impersonal thing possible.

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