The success of English is not the result of a “worse is better” situation. It’s the result of the fact that the English colonialists much of the world and then

The success of English is not the result of a “worse is better” situation. It’s the result of the fact that the English colonialists much of the world and then after colonialism ended and the world became more global through trade and communications, the biggest economy in the world with the biggest media industry in the history of the world spoke English.