Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: linguistic hegemony, was Recent history of vi Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 03:28:10 +0100 Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <10he0oj$237cl$4@dont-email.me> <10hfb1t$1nip$1@gal.iecc.com> <10hfb79$2fut8$3@dont-email.me> <10hft10$1bbn$1@gal.iecc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 6yukVOIUlk7AdIa+xHxHEQN2jcABXM00SPbf16hx4Y4gzDLGIH X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:N+tbv/KU1nA1hKo3Ew+Ibsnfyak= sha256:8nOmtnObTbzT1sJpwiL7U1Xk9RoBd1N7bJxEoQnFM30= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <10hft10$1bbn$1@gal.iecc.com> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:78858 alt.folklore.computers:232497 On 2025-12-12 03:01, John Levine wrote: > According to The Natural Philosopher : >> On 11/12/2025 20:54, John Levine wrote: >>> According to The Natural Philosopher : >>>> On 10/12/2025 22:07, Alexander Schreiber wrote: >>>>> Well, the alternative would be to declare one language as the officially >>>>> binding one and if that is not your language, too bad. Not going to >>>>> happen for obvious reasons, though. >>>> >>>> The alternative would be to not *impose* 'harmonised' legislation on 27 >>>> different countries with different cultures, economies, geographies and >>>> climates. >>> >>> I dunno, it worked in China. >>> >> You call that working? > > In 1955, China's GDP per capita was $58. Last year it was over $13,000. > That's certainly not all due to the common language but it helped establish > a single economy where people could move to where the jobs are. > > I realize China has plenty of other issues but its economic development > in the past half century is astonishing, particularly in view of how big > it is. Indeed it is. Currently it is the most successful country in the world. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;