I had someone tell me on the fediverse that having a diversity of languages is inefficient and we should celebrate everyone beginning to speak the same language and just you know just use AI to handwave away any friction blah blah blah... to which I responded a diversity of language makes you more powerful as a society... to which they confidently retorted something to the effect of "when has a niche language ever been powerful in war or otherwise?".

It was very satisfying linking to the story of the Navajo Code Talkers, especially because they survived, this wasn't a Tragic Indian Story, they served, they were respected for their immense power and skill at war, and then they went on to live among us even as we still yet could not find it in ourselves not to be racist against them... but no matter that speaks badly upon us not them because there they are in that picture, alive and living which is not just a symbol of hope, it is a symbol of their power and we should fear to forget it.

If you think we are weak because we speak different languages and because one idea or command is not necessarily immediately comprehended and accepted by everyone in the group due to vast tectonic differences and movements of people within society.... then you are only admitting your own weakness... in war, in peace, in art, in comedic vision, in love... in everything.