If I could only learn one additional language, and I wanted to travel the world, what language would serve me best other than English or Spanish?

  • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    I’ve only been fortunate enough to travel abroad once before, but my experience had nothing like what you’re worried about. The worst that happened was almost getting scammed at the airport, which is something you’ll have to worry about in imperial core countries too. People were either kind or neutral to our presence.

    to me; all of the cultures that speak both languages belong to the same hegemony as the american empire

    Ummm perhaps do not tell Central/South Americans this while visiting their country, lol.

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      2 months ago

      central and south american history was and is defined by american political intervention/interference in a similar manner to western europe in the decades following world war 2; it’s literally the reason why we have things like panama and reaggeton and why life sucks real bad for people right now in venezuela, cuba and haiti. (none of the governments in those countries are complying with the american empire’s will so they’re being punished for it with embargoes & sanctions and their people pay the price).

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        2 months ago

        I’m just telling you it’s a bad idea to go tell a Mexican or Brazilian or anyone else not in the US or Canada that they’re part of the US hegemony ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I don’t think they’d love being told by a tourist what the US did to their countries.