What's the point in learning Latin? I used to study it and

It does help you learn better language skills.
But if you're not planning on doing anything with it there are probably better things to study.
Why learn calculus if you're never going to use it?

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>you're terrible for being rich and white and wanting to advance technology

>>3113004
>I'm not religious and I don't have a particular interest in Roman history or literature
Then Latin itself (with its complicated grammar and whatnot) probably isn't that useful. Learning a lot of Latin root words will help you though, because academic vocabulary is largely identical from one European language to the next, and it's all based on Greek and Latin. So learning something like Spanish might be better for you.

>>3113004
>HURR fuck technology because there are poor people in the world!
>Never mind that advancing technology is the number one way to improve those poor peoples lives!
>Everyone should live in mud huts because EVILDUMB whites!

Fuck off back to /pol/ faggot.

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>>3113164

Look at that Mom. Was that a propaganda show, or just another one of life's little ironies captured on film?

>If you never spend money on advancing technology, or even on "luxury goods", such as fine art, then you'll never have any. The whole point of a free country is for people to be responsible enough to feed themselves. Not to say that charity, and even social welfare programs aren't important.

>>3113004

Actually, I took Latin in high school. Though I can't speak it, I have a vague understanding on why Romantic languages are they way they are and how our language developed.

By itself, Latin is not useful unless you are going to be translating document or going to be a WH40K LARPER, but otherwise its a good way to see the history of language development and why English, French, and Spanish are tied together on some terms.

But if you aren't interested in history, why are you here?