Starting to look like dutch

If you think American English is bad, you should see British English.

And before any Brits get their panties in a twist: no, all the unnecessary additions of "u" aren't original. You all did that after the American Revolution. You collectively had such a temper tantrum over losing a colony that you butchered your own language. Congratulations.

Which means you're putting non-rhotic accents first and you'd erase the "th" sound completely?

So you wanna introduce ß into English?

Spaß bei Scherz, this reform changed one rule in German orthography so that it is slightly more phonetic (it's still considered non-phonetic) and it still caused a constitutional challenge.

I like the change, but even today, 30 years later, you can find people who have not changed their spelling habits.

If we reform English at this pace, sound changes will outrace us.