Say like they picked French or Spanish to use instead

Because American Media has a lot of influence so I wonder what if English wasn’t chosen. Would there be people that would see French/Spanish as a desirable language to learn?

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    British colonialism shaped the wide use of English throughout the world a lot more than anything to do with the US.

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      In the sense that the US is a product of British colonialism then yes. Global communication wasn’t anywhere near robust until the empire was in decline.