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Created on: April 27, 2009
English influence in Europe, and by extension the world, has done enough harm already and it's time for America to let Europe and the world economy breathe free.
As much as it seem beneficial for Europe to have a common lingua franca (so it could finally unite politically and start creating a grand supra cultural entity) one must consider the dangers involved. British-American liberalism over the last 200 years always had a whiff of condescension from the leadership. Yes, the children finally won the right to be left alone to do as they wish but not to influence what the adults are doing. Most European societies had people grow up and slaughter the adults in leadership so they can finally take matters into their own hands and shape societies as they saw fit. The French are a good example as well as other populous ethnic groups like Spaniards, Germans, and Italians. Russians, unfortunately, still did not sufficiently grow up so they can self-govern (through genuine proportional representation) even though the old parents got buried. The process is happening but slowly since its only been a few generations since most of the population was dragged kicking and screaming to class to be taught reading/writing.
English speakers however, never stormed the capital and imprisoned/murdered those that needed murdering. (those rulers that were decadent, weak, and stagnant rather than growing and socially enriching) Sure, the English speaking adults split a few times but the revolution of American colonial aristocracy was a matter of the wife storming out of the house and taking some kids with her. Confederate elites wanted to repeat the same but were a little too close to really leave and got a few gentle slaps to not do it again. For far too long English speaking peoples have lived without massacring the rulers since hey, the rulers let some elder sons make some money off the land, speak more freely, and even beat up/enslave some local ethnic weakling. English liberalism is a nanny state mentality in the making. Liberalism in the classical sense of course. The rulers love it since they can really focus on playing around and expanding their interests in the international arena without being held as accountable as in proportional representative government where vast majority of people iron our national future.
Yet England grew old and tired. English elites sweated and puffed and got rather creative in keeping Europeans divided amongst themselves. That was no small task since
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