English is far from a perfect language, but could there be a more perfect encapsulation for loss of individualism than this shift from one letter to two? The “I” character stands tall and defiant. It autocorrects itself to being capitalized, no matter where in the sentence it lives. But when transformed to “we,” it shrinks down, both letters making themselves smaller to meet at the other’s eye level. Sure, w and e are still unique—a consonant toward the end of the alphabet and a vowel near the top certainly make an unlikely pair. But no matter who these letters are by themselves, at this point
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