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[–] Cybersteel@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

In his eyes, the greatest symbiotic parasite man has ever known isn't microbial but linguistics. Words are what keep civilization, our world alive. Save the world not by taking mens lives but by taking their tongues.

The English parasite has long since replaced local languages in most places as the Lingua Franca. Certainly if you want to do business internationally, you'd used English.

However if you think of the English language as the vector or medium of infection and certain "ideas" as a virus, its no wonder that such misinformation can be spread wildly everywhere all at once.

The only solution is to stop using it...

"Sans Lingua Franca. The world will be torn asunder and then, it shall be free."