I agree that Americans, as a whole, are too introspective (only focus on America, have no concept of other countries. Ditto, on not speaking any additional languages. However, let's understand something the European Union is impotent - just look at how the euro has fallen in value. In addition, compare the military strength of Europe to the United States. The United States is the world's only superpower by default: No one else (i.e. Europe or Japan) has demonstrated the capacity to lead. For as long as this is the case, Americans can continue to only speak English because everyone has to accomadate us (the only superpower). Just look at the % of total web pages that are English.
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