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 I have listened to so much bad English on this trip that I have realized there is both still a huge need for English, both in demand and competency, that I am even more grateful to be an American and speak it as my native language . I talked about this before too how it is a privilege to understand it, even in a bitcoin context where most of the signal is in it . It’s the opposite of the boomers fud, instead of us all trying to speak Chinese, everyone is trying to speak English. This is also part of being the superpower. It’s not just money. It’s influence overall. Language, media, military, etc. 
 This is another reason why China is not a serious threat. Neither is Russia. Chinese and Russian are nothing like English . Hard to learn 
 Also the tech is based in English and most of the innovation in the world comes out of the US. Now that Trump is president again we can enter a new golden age of American prosperity 
 The signal really comes from America. 
 We are the only superpower and it’s not even close 
 America or bust