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Do any of you also think we need to change the global language away from English to stop the soft power of the USA? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I think part of the reason why American propaganda is so powerful is because most people only speak English as a second language. That way they are extra vulnerable for misinformation since they only get the American perspective. And since they can't speak other foreign languages they don't get the other perspective.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think this is realistic at all. Doing so would require global coordination and agreement which would be difficult as each country would want their own language to be the world language.

I do not think people outside U.S. are reading much NYT or CNN propaganda. CIA has always worked to have local language propaganda. Look at how VoA was/is promoting Russian language propaganda in the USSR/RF.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I'm not talking about full abolition of English as a global language, just that other languages should have a bigger role compared to now.

Your second point is a good one, though.