minus-squareAE5NE@lemmy.radiotoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•What if the USA decided to use another language as its *de facto* national language at it's founding? Would it affect the world's lingua franca?linkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month ago“de facto” literally means that it wasn’t decided. linkfedilink
minus-squareAE5NE@lemmy.radiotoExplain Like I'm Five@lemmy.world•How is taxation not theft?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·9 months agoBecause the consensus definition of “theft” doesn’t include it. linkfedilink
“de facto” literally means that it wasn’t decided.