Languages on the web matter for self identity (opens in new tab)

Is homogenization of language on the web an instantiation of totalitarianism? Since language plays such an important part in the construction of the self, when the state subjects you to constant acts of linguistic aggression, whether you realize it or not, your sense of who you are and of your place in the world are seriously affected. Your language is not just something you use, but an essential part of what you are. For this reason any political disruption of the way language is normally us...