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[-] kraftpudding@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yeah, but I'd argue those countries either have people being decently fluent in multiple languages (which is not what this graph implies) or they have evolved their institutions and society in a way where meaningful societal and political participation is possible regardless of what language you speak. I don't think the US is at that level, and I think it being that way if this is lived reality for a lot of Americans IS a systemic failure.

The failure is not necessarily having multiple languages spoken, but the institutions not reflecting this reality. So you can either invest in people being fluent in a common language in addition to whatever languages they may speak OR redesign institutions and reshape society. Not doing any of the two is a systemic failure imo.

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