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googled some stuff about esperanto this morn bc i was interested and then looked on twitter for linguist perspectives and this is a really good critique
universal legibility and language diversity are really interesting concepts to play with, especially after reading a bit of james c scott. not to even mention to nice quip at the end. and these criticisms apply to any universal language, not just esperanto
i also think the point that the exercise will always be euro-centric and colonialist is absolutely true and its fascinating that i missed that before. really interesting to see how we can reproduce the worst aspects of society while intending good.