We need diversity of perspectives, of views, of ways of life and priorities. Languages are tools, and yes we should preserve them and their history and evolution for what it tells us, but it’s not surprising that in the long-term, people simply drift towards the most useful tool.
It’s a good thing, imo. People shouldn’t grasp at things like which nation-states they were born in and allegiance to them, such things only create a docile nationalist populace that empower warmongers like Putin etc.
Just because I was born Russian doesn’t mean I have to be a bloodlusting orc beating my chest in jingoist fervor, that culture is just some shit I saw, it has no power over me, and no effect on me, I’m wholly independent from it. This is of course - a good thing.
People should craft their own identities, choose their own families and make connections based on reason and material circumstances or love. Not anything superficial like borders or language.
It’s quite unfortunate that neurotypicals seems to struggle with being independent thinkers so much and instead resort to religion/fascism for identity because a flag says they must be one way or a computer tells them or their social circle etc. So many of them do things and they don’t even know why, they play games others were into, as if thats somehow a reason, they want what others want, etc.
Now thats if anything - is sad, and i wonder how we fix this and force them to craft their own identities.
It doesn’t sound like you’re crafting your own identity but rather just assimilating into the majority. Also, identity and culture are separate from nationalism, it sounds pretty sketchy to say minorities couldn’t be proud of their identities, culture and language.
Just suck to lose diversity.
We need diversity of perspectives, of views, of ways of life and priorities. Languages are tools, and yes we should preserve them and their history and evolution for what it tells us, but it’s not surprising that in the long-term, people simply drift towards the most useful tool.
It’s one of the symptoms of the modern world, where people lose touch with their own identity, language included. Just sad but what can you do
It’s a good thing, imo. People shouldn’t grasp at things like which nation-states they were born in and allegiance to them, such things only create a docile nationalist populace that empower warmongers like Putin etc.
Just because I was born Russian doesn’t mean I have to be a bloodlusting orc beating my chest in jingoist fervor, that culture is just some shit I saw, it has no power over me, and no effect on me, I’m wholly independent from it. This is of course - a good thing.
People should craft their own identities, choose their own families and make connections based on reason and material circumstances or love. Not anything superficial like borders or language.
It’s quite unfortunate that neurotypicals seems to struggle with being independent thinkers so much and instead resort to religion/fascism for identity because a flag says they must be one way or a computer tells them or their social circle etc. So many of them do things and they don’t even know why, they play games others were into, as if thats somehow a reason, they want what others want, etc.
Now thats if anything - is sad, and i wonder how we fix this and force them to craft their own identities.
It doesn’t sound like you’re crafting your own identity but rather just assimilating into the majority. Also, identity and culture are separate from nationalism, it sounds pretty sketchy to say minorities couldn’t be proud of their identities, culture and language.