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A New Historical Narrative
Lexington Green says that the Anglosphere needs one.
Posted by Rand Simberg at November 19, 2005 11:08 AM
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Q: The Anglosphere needs a new historical narrative, you say.
A: Building space colonies is one answer.
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What is the Anglosphere? Mother England of course plus its English speaking colonies: The U.S. & Canada & Australia & New Zealand.
Did I miss any?
Ireland, Scotland and India are interesting examples where tension with the English remains despite obvious strong ties. Egpyt has less strong ties with its colonial past.
The Anglo-sphere came into being BECAUSE the English colonized places like North America and Australia. Nowhere left to colonize, except out in outer space.
Seems obvious to me.
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Now, which branch of the Anglo-sphere will be the speartip? Interesting question.
Posted by Bill White at November 19, 2005 02:43 PM
That's an answer to a question that wasn't asked, Bill. It seems to be your all-purpose (and usually wrong) answer to any subject.
Posted by Rand Simberg at November 19, 2005 03:49 PM
Create any narrative, and the necessary question is "what happens next" unless the story is over.
Okay, create an Anglo-sphere narrative. What happens next?
Posted by Bill White at November 19, 2005 04:50 PM
Will the narrative carry the reasons so many former parts of the kingdom vied for freedom?
Posted by Mac at November 21, 2005 06:34 AM
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