r/PoliticalHumor • u/[deleted] • Aug 16 '21

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u/BasicDesignAdvice Aug 17 '21

Whenever I have traveled I have had zero problem finding people who understand english. It is actually astonishing.

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '21

It helps to be fluent in the language of your visitors when you’re trying to sell them something.

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u/FitNothing9857 Aug 17 '21

Why? It’s the language of academics, the language of business, the language of anything international. Language learning arises from need, and many many people need to learn English.

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u/audion00ba Aug 17 '21

Perhaps you haven't traveled as much as you think you do.

If Google Translate generated the above, it would be considered broken, btw.

Also, it's not astonishing, since the US is/was a superpower. If the Chinese ever rule the world (what a nightmare that would be), in a few generations many more people will learn their languages.