[BfloGuy]

I had not considered this but the fostering the inability to read “historical documents in their original form” may have been a goal of the people who managed to quash the use of cursive in government schools.

Yes. The same reason the Progressives deemed Greek and Latin "dead languages". Saved us from reading the history of our civilization in the original [which was the purpose of learning them].

No. Much better we teach the little beggars how to order coffee in French or ask where the library is in Spanish. Utter waste of money and school time.

[MeshugeMikey]

theyve tried to decimate the language, and have succeeded to a great degree

They’ve tried to decimate the “the arts”, and have succeeded to a great degree.

come to think of it most of the communist goals from the 1950’s I think it was have been “reached”