I was waiting for the newspeak argument. If we were talking about Toki-Pona I would agree, but Esperanto doesn't dumb you down and Sapir-Whorf isn't proved eith

I was waiting for the newspeak argument. If we were talking about Toki-Pona I would agree, but Esperanto doesn't dumb you down and Sapir-Whorf isn't proved either. Also, I'd certainly talk to a whole lot more international folks if I could speak with them. I know a lot of people who travel places where the natives don't speak English. That alone would be helpful.