1133: Esperanto Failed because of Politicians Jan 15, 2018

Esperanto is not the global language that it was designed to be as discussed yesterday, and even factoring in the many second-language and even first language speakers thereof, it is not used for things like trade,  scientific research, international or multiethnic politics etc. This could have been different though. Part of the reason that only language-enthusiasts use Esperanto and not politicians is that a few key political figures hated the idea of Esperanto in the 20th century. Esperanto was nearly the official language of the League of Nations, a precursor to the United Nations; ten out of the eleven delegates agreed to this proposal, but it was vetoed by the French delegate, who worried that Esperanto would replace French as the global lingua franca. Furthermore, Esperanto was banned by the Nazis (partly because its creator was Jewish) because it was globalist and Hitler therefore saw it as communist, which is almost ironic because the Soviets banned it as well. Franco also banned its use in Spain, and the Imperial Japanese outlawed it as well. 

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