I swear, it’d be nice to see a major player with that language advantage… the only thing is, will it live long? I hope it can use its voice against the U.S and U.K empire…
English is the tongue of imperialism and colonialism. You can even see this in Global South countries. Spanish-speaking Venezuela fights and defends its sovereignty while English-speaking Guyana doesn’t even hide being controlled by Western oil companies. In Africa, the forefront of pan-Africanism is in the French-speaking AES headed by French-speaking Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, English-speaking Nigeria almost invaded Niger through ECOWAS while English-as-an-official-language Kenya is planning on sending troops to Haiti. It’s no coincidence former Portuguese colony Macau has more or less integrated with the Mainland with no trouble whatsoever while former British colony Hong Kong had protests from people holding up “President Trump, please liberate Hong Kong.”
Least bad is probably Ireland or South Africa because at least their governments aren’t openly Zionist. That’s pretty much it.
I am much too old to learn another language because English is evil and so are the people who speak it. Maybe one day the next generation of children will speak an indigenous language and force it upon their former colonizers.
Welp, vow of silence it is then.
What makes you too old to learn a new language?
South Africa is probably closest to what you’re describing (anti-imperialist). A lot of Global South countries use English as an official language de-jure or de-facto in the economy or as a colonial holdover. Hong Kong could be another example, but that’s stretching it.
Well, what do you consider to be an Anglophone country, anyways?
- Areas where English per se is the native language of a majority of the population? (USA, UK, most of Canada, Australia, Aotearoa, Ireland, many territories or dependencies of the aforementioned)
- Areas where an English-derived creole is the native language of a majority of the population, and where English per se is the language of prestige? (mainly Caribbean islands, including the former socialist state Grenada, where their English proficiency was a major reason for their priority targeting by the US)
- Areas where English is an official or administrative language that is not the native language of most of the population? (India, Philippines, PNG, Fiji, much of Africa and the Pacific etc — South Africa stands out for its high English proficiency within this group)
- Areas where English does not have official status, but where the people of the country are nevertheless highly proficient in English? (Nordic region, Benelux, Germany, Austria, Portugal, Croatia, Greece…)
Anything can do… creole or just official is fine as well…
Out of all the ones she listed the only one used to be Grenada. All the others are imperialist states and comprador states that have quenched revolutionary momentum pretty thoroughly.
Well, do you wanna take a stab at which one could be the first to fail to quash revolutionary momentum?
I’d probably guess South Africa or Guyana if you wanna count Guyana.
I see no reason not to.
nope, anglo socialists need to make one happen
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