"Ranting about Language" or "English Sucks..."

Just a quick ponder-this...

The English language is fairly well thought of as a troublesome and restrictive language, at least by those of us who give it a second thought and those of us who have studied, or dare I say grown up speaking, other languages.

So the question is - how does this impact the socio-political dynamic of the world that English has become the standard, if only by virtue of what country asserts its dominance on the world stage in terms of everything from pop culture to economics?

Ok - maybe i'll think on that and be more intellectual/articulate, within the confines of my language of greatest fluency, some other time. In the meantime, discuss amongst yourselves.