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The Anglosphere

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Are Germany and France joining it?

I don’t think this is right:

America is actually moving away from Europe politically and culturally, becoming more like Latin America in character and more concerned with east Asia. Increasingly Britain may have less in common with the United States, let alone Commonwealth countries like India, and more in common with English-speaking Germany – and even France where English proficiency is finally catching up.

If we’re “becoming more like Latin America in character,” it’s because we have people in power who seem happy for us to become a banana republic. Most of America remains more in the Anglosphere than the UK itself, which is becoming more European. It’s not just about language.

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  1. America is actually moving away from Europe politically and culturally, becoming more like Latin America in character and more concerned with east Asia.

    I can see his meaning, since the end of the cold war Western Europe has felt less inclined to accommodate American sentiments, while at the same time the US has had a rapid growth in its Hispanic population, which has certainly influenced the American character, another point I’d argue is that the US and Latin America are also converging culturally because American influence is changing Latin America.

    Increasingly Britain may have less in common with the United States, let alone Commonwealth countries like India, and more in common with English-speaking Germany – and even France where English proficiency is finally catching up.

    Down here the ties to Mother England took a big hit when she joined the EU, and since then NZ has certainly moved closer to Asia, in terms of both trade and culture.

  3. You only need to look at migration statistics to understand why Britain is no longer British. Hundreds of thousands of native Britons leaving every year, and even more immigrants moving in, mostly from mainland Europe. The government didn’t like the population, so they decided to bring in a new one.

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