Would the world be a more peaceful place if everyone spoke the same language? Think here specifically about issues of communication and diplomacy.
It is very difficult to determine if the world would be any more peaceful if everyone spoke the same language. There are very convincing arguments for both sides of the question. On the one hand, if everyone spoke the same language then there might be more understanding between different groups of people. There would no longer be a language barrier to keep the two sides of a conflict from understanding each other. Also, if everyone spoke the same language the world might be more peaceful because people might see it as a common thing that was shared by everyone, and they wouldn’t attack because they would find that they have things in common with the other people.
On the other hand, already a lot of people in the world speak English and it has not stopped war from happening and it does not appear as if wars and conflict will stop any time soon, even though English is continuing to spread. Also, there could still be conflicts that things like a language wouldn’t fix, like racism. There is still sometimes discrimination against African Americans and other minorities here in the U.S. even thought we all speak the same language. Besides, even if everyone spoke in the same language there would probably still be people who understood, but were just not willing to listen.
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