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You make an excellent point here, wishnevsky. Americans would be much better off learning languages other than English, for the reasons you state. My Spanish isn't too bad and my German is just OK.

I disagree with your last point, though. Matter of fact, I think you're over-the-top here. The Spanish question (don't you mean Mexican, Latino, etc., as opposed to the Europeans?) is really the age old question of assimilation. The argument now is that civic institutions, public schools, government bureaucracies, etc. have essentially rejected the old assimilation ethos for mushy multiculturalism. In short, it's just different now. I think there is ample evidence for that argument.

Please tell me why that's mistaken.