The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is a bit dated. Comparative linguistics has shown very convincingly that pretty much all languages have a similar set of complex feat

The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is a bit dated. Comparative linguistics has shown very convincingly that pretty much all languages have a similar set of complex features. Even languages without a heritage, which are invented within two generations have complex features comparable to established languages. There are many good examples in Steven Pinker's "The Language Instinct." Similar to the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis I think "broken mindsets," and "poison," are exaggerations with little basis. tl;dr It's really not that depressing. There are different ways of doing the same thing.