• ricecake@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    like ussr. even thought there’s no reason to have more than 1 language. language is just a channel for communication, people don’t get that. they want to be unique and that causes problems

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      1 year ago

      Ah. I think theres a lot of people who dont mind doing a single culture. As long as the single culture is THEIR culture only.

      But I dont think a single culture is possible with humans. We are trained to spot differences in other humans, and sort people into “us” and “them”.

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      1 year ago

      If the one language was perfect, sure. But language is a lot more than just a way of communicating. It’s a part of many peoples identity and there’s a lot of art (lyric, songs, opera) that often doesn’t translate well to a different language.

      What I’d like would be a sort of basic language that is being taught worldwide so that its possible to communicate everywhere.