Lottery's the expected value is always lower than the prize of a ticket. And even if you win it is on the back of other poor desparete people who lost. An then there is the fact winning often leads to a lot of other problems.
We are only friends because the other big guys look way because out of the big guys the usa look the least scary.
Maybe you don't need the language for work. But you will need te learn the language eventually for other day to day interactions.
The EU is actually doing this