Political Interest wrote:And it is very rare for two conflictig parties to not really understand each other.
Correct. Regardless of manipulated cultural background, nationality, eugenics, or personal political views, the majority of humans understand each other in a simple manner when they are conflicting.
Yes, identity and economic status are important than language.
"Identity" is a social construct manipulated by elites. Personally, I do not need the psychological urge to have an egoistic, "Identity." "Economic status" is social slavery, since that manipulates people into valuing each other according to how much money they have.
But language is an important as a marker of identity and common language is important for understanding between peoples on the international stage.
A common language is
efficient in terms of people of different nationalities having capabilities to understand each other. Nowadays, it is not a necessity since text translators are a common access feature.
Europe is more peaceful now days in part because more people in different countries speak languages that each can understand.
I disagree. The whole continent is ruled by American imperialists via NATO and the European Union. Conflicts between various nations are not allowed.
I think that if Russians spoke more English and Americans spoke more Russian there would be less tension between the two nations on a people to people level.
I disagree. The main reason why Russia and the United States have social tensions between each other is due to the former Soviet Union. This is due to the United States being fiercely a capitalist nation, while the Soviet Union being a socialist nation. It has nothing to do with verbal language, but rather economic politics, and international aims. Both nations assisted various nations around the world industrially, military wise, agriculture wise, and education.
Prior to the establishment of the Soviet Union, the Russian Empire was not having any major tensions against the United States. Many of the industrial technologies that the Russian Empire had was from, or was influenced by American technologies, from firearms, to aircraft and locomotives. Even in the pre World War Two years of the Soviet Union, the American Ford Motor Company helped establish the automotive industry in the Soviet Union, once it was reliable, Stalin terminated the Ford's position in developing the automotive industry in the Soviet Union, and nationalized what was industrially established.
The White Army in the Russian Civil war was economically funded by the United States. Hundreds of Americans volunteered to fight for the monarchist White Army. The monarchist White Army was fiercely nationalistic, right winged, patriotic, and supported Slavic nationalism.
American soldiers parading in Vladivostok, 1918.
Some Russians even fought for both Russian and American militaries. Ivan Turchin (1822-1901) served the Russian Army from 1843 to 1856. In 1856, he moved to the United States. He fought for American Union military from 1861 to 1864. He was an Army general.
Boris Yeltsin signed arms control agreements with the United States.
The United States was happy that Yeltsin was leading Russia because he nearly destroyed the Russian economy, which would of been
great for the United States.