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wait.. put ref when you are saying " political context to it which cannot be set aside completely.". What political context, are you talking about. I am not linguist or AI expert. But most of your so facts are of no where related to paper as well as authenticity of the work. Check the author as well as date of the paper.

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This paper has been repeatedly quoted by the far right of India on how one of the elitist ways of doing something is superior and ahead of time. I saw another comment here which linked to a specific instance of usage.

I know the author's intention might be benign. I know the paper dates back to the 80's. But seriously, read through the paper and conclude for yourself if a similar argument can't be made for any of the hundreds of languages in existence today.

give credit where credit is due - the rest is bloviation, on all sides

Separately from anything else.

Just because the far right quotes something does not mean that something is either wrong, or political.

This is true throughout the world. Simply saying ‘the far right likes it so it is bad’, is itself a suspect claim.

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