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Originally posted by UnseenWorld
Arthur Schlesinger opined that there were more wars between groups separated by language than even by religion. It'll be a miracle if the EU turns into anything resembling a country. And this is also why the US should resist becoming multilingual (in a regional way: with some states being Spanish-speaking primarily and some English-speaking...I'm NOT saying people shouldn't speak whatever language they want). For evidence of the kind of turmoil competing language groups can cause within a political entity, just look at Canada.
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Did he only opine or did he actually have some research to base his statement on? 'Cause I'm sure that I can find research by other people stating the exact opposite. It eventually boils down to your criteria for swifting through research data. If you're even slightly biased (which most people always are, regardless of how much they think they aren't), then your resluts will be biased.