More 1984..

I, in addition to my other classmates, find the following question to be quite puzzling.

Also, if everyone were to live in the same semantic environment and used the same language, would there be less arguments and more cooperation?

A part of my mind is thinking back to Orwell's 1984. Winston was living in the same semantic environment as the other dedicated party members, but his thoughts did not allow him to put his internal arguments to rest. How do you all feel about this?

And in response to this quote:
"When the use of language results, as it so often does, in the creation or aggravation of disagreements and conflicts, there is something linguistically wrong with the speaker, the listener, or both." (12)

Hayakawa made a point of stating that language is usually used for the betterment of society. That is, afterall, the reason that a human's society is more complex than an animal's. Language was invented for the purpose of simplifying the exchange of any sort of information, not complicating it.

Thoughts?

(Samantha Maliha)