Sometimes it feels like in the US, being fluent in any language other than English is unpatriotic. Blue America makes exception for French
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What's broken about a 1-language system?
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it can but, we are a very young/immigrant based society. Having unifying forces =helpful. See also, US flags everywhere
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agree
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Switzerland is a remarkable exception, not rule
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most Europeans I've met speak at least 2 languages, though admittedly my dealings are with cosmopolitan elites
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Switzerland has 4 diff langs/peoples tied together so none get political advantage over other --
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generally speaking, the more languages, the less the unity -- not always true -- but mostly
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hell, look at Croatia/Serbia and Czech/Slovak -- languages virtually indistinguishable to outsiders, (1/2)
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saw their countries torn apart, 2/2
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language/identity are highly correlated (~.9) -- whether we like it or not
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