Artists and scientists have famously been prosecuted for different communication.
But at the same time, communication gaps also resulted in millions of deaths.
Unifying language/culture/etc enables the "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts." Europe knows this (see formulation of the EU). Asia knows this (China's camps, Japan&Korea's immigration policies).
Its not this or that.
China suppressing ethnic, cultural, and linguistic diversity for homogeneity has caused immeasurable suffering and imperialistic destruction.
EU explicitly embracing ethnic, cultural, and linguistic diversity for heterogeneity has brought more peace and prosperity than ever before to a continent in perpetual conflict for nearly all of human history.
You're the one introducing absolutist thinking here. Essentially saying the world should have Chinese style re-education camps because a Vietnamese woman rejected your offer to play a board game due to a miscommunication.
Clearly that hurt you, but your "solution" is insanity. Not to mention I'm pretty sure way more millions have died from people trying to implement your "forcibly convert others to our culture and language" plan throughout history, than from wars started from a language translation error.
What are you talking about?
Things they explicitly listed: "(China's camps, Japan&Korea's immigration policies)"
China's camps are a process, not an end state. Immigration policies are a process. Clearly they are advocating for a process.
And, no I don't think re-educations camps are a good thing for society.
It's incredible this stuff has to actually be said.
A lot of things are published only in English, French and German https://commission.europa.eu/about/service-standards-and-pri...
People shouldn't be coerced to give up their culture (in fact, doing that is quite evil) but cultural homogenisation seems like a good thing in principle. We want people to have an easy time communicating with each other.
Another great example of the perverse idea that “same == better”
We've seen what evil people can do with cultural subsets that differ - immigrants, POC, Jews, even women in workplaces where they are a small minority.
In fact, aiming for a unified culture is literally, explicitly a definition of genocide, by the UN.
Europe meanwhile, in case you are unaware, is all about unity through culture, but the EU does this by celebrating its diversity (as well as actively protecting minority languages), not by Gleichschaltung.
Hell, looking back a decade or two, the PIIGs would’ve been a bit at odds with the other countries purely over debt.
Does the EU really repressing a best case for the common citizen in terms of unity and aligned society?