>>82988720
Question OP. Do you use any of the languages that uses chinese pictographs?
Why do you think simplified chinese is a thing?
And I know some amount of japanese and I see japanese people complaining about not knowing a reading. Not just names just normal words, and having to pause and look it up. Imagine growing up and just not being able to figure out the reading right away. In fact lots of reading material need furigana for people who don't know enough kanji. Japanese people spend their entire life learning these symbols.
I'm not saying it should disappear, I just dont think the entire world should use pictographs.