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Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know the history of the metric system, but never got too fond of it.
It "dumbs down" things too much.
How much intellectual effort does it take, to understand 1 inch to the foot, 3 feet to 1 yard, 5,480 feet to the mile?
We're getting lazy when we have to "dumb down" things.
As for "measurement uniformity," it won't happen. In places that respect the rule of law, a kilogram is 2.2 pounds, indisputably.
But much of the world does not respect the rule of law, and an alleged kilogram ends up--in fact, in real life--something like 1.7 pounds or 1.9 pounds or .8 pounds, never an honest weight.
Ever seen a "liter" of Ukrainian vodka?