The article has a weird tone. It seems fairly obvious to me that English and the dominance of the British Empire in the 19th century followed by the rise of th

The article has a weird tone. It seems fairly obvious to me that English and the dominance of the British Empire in the 19th century followed by the rise of the USA as a superpower in the 20th century just happened to coincide with the rise of globalisations in the 20th century. It could've easily been any of the other previous imperialist super powers (Spain, France, etc), but those empires just so happen to have declined in power before globalisation. So in short, luck.