Oh good, there’s a bit of a silver lining. They weren’t taught how to speak but the care-givers still interacted and communicated with them, albeit a limited amount.

Like a lil cashew down there.

Ultimately we have more in common with a normal Chinese person just trying to live their lives than any of us do with our ruling classes. I’m sure those same ruling classes would rather us be less aware of that fact.

If mankind survives long enough we’ll eventually all have lovely olive skin and speak Esperanto.