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Americans use metric where it's required by law (e.g., food and drug packaging), it just takes government force. Government force can also change a population's language. See, e.g.,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglicisation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russification

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinicization



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