What next for the Anglosphere?
I am a happy resident of the Anglosphere, the phenomenon that has been running the world since at least 1890 and possibly longer. Under the early tutelage of Great Britain, the Anglosphere invented the precursor to today's multinationals (East India Company), gave the English language to India, Hong Kong, Singapore, most of the Caribbean, eastern and southern Africa, inadvertently spawned its later leader (and current World CEO/Sheriff) the United States (inventing guerilla warfare in the process) also creating the much more mild-mannered Canada as well as the likeable bad boy Australia and the bastard child South Africa, went on to draw borders for - and invent - the contemporary Middle East (you can Google "Balfour Declaration" for a primer) and then, under the leadership of the US, turned large parts of the Middle East into a form of enormous energy farm run by quaintly dressed Bedouins. The Anglosphere then gave the world nuclear weapons, rock and roll, denim, the computer, and the notion that just about anything edible can be deep fried. In my humble opinion the finest invention of the Anglosphere was either Monty Python or Jimi Hendrix depending on how I'm feeling at any given time.
And now, with the US at the helm, the Anglosphere rules. In a way that's fine because you have to ask yourself this: If somebody has to rule then who of the would-be rulers would you want in charge? I personally don't believe that the earth should need a ruler, but that's just my naive belief in mankind talking.
The Anglosphere is incredibly cohesive right now. When a British Labour Party Government can be the best friend of an American neocon Administration for years and years, then you know something is up. When the Aussie Prime Minister (who's in DC this week) is treated like a fellow Texan by the President and appears thrilled with it, you know there's more to all this than just a detached handling of self interest by all parties.
The Anglosphere fights together. I would think that if on a whim this US Administration decided to take over Brazil in order to turn it into an enormous grazing ground for genetically enhanced cattle, then Britain and Australia would be right there, ready to claim that it is not only a good idea but absolutely necessary for the future stability of the world.
So what now? It appears that all of this has resulted in the losing of the Cold Peace with Russia obviously deciding how best to begin preparing its next big distastrous experiment with power projection. South America is going socialist....bad! bad South America! Iran is....what the hell IS Iran now? In the late 1990's, they were on their way to becoming friends of the Anglosphere and then somehow in 2002 or so, all of their budding moderates lost influence and the radical mullahs retook primacy. Why was that? Oh well.
End of gratuitous rant.
And now, with the US at the helm, the Anglosphere rules. In a way that's fine because you have to ask yourself this: If somebody has to rule then who of the would-be rulers would you want in charge? I personally don't believe that the earth should need a ruler, but that's just my naive belief in mankind talking.
The Anglosphere is incredibly cohesive right now. When a British Labour Party Government can be the best friend of an American neocon Administration for years and years, then you know something is up. When the Aussie Prime Minister (who's in DC this week) is treated like a fellow Texan by the President and appears thrilled with it, you know there's more to all this than just a detached handling of self interest by all parties.
The Anglosphere fights together. I would think that if on a whim this US Administration decided to take over Brazil in order to turn it into an enormous grazing ground for genetically enhanced cattle, then Britain and Australia would be right there, ready to claim that it is not only a good idea but absolutely necessary for the future stability of the world.
So what now? It appears that all of this has resulted in the losing of the Cold Peace with Russia obviously deciding how best to begin preparing its next big distastrous experiment with power projection. South America is going socialist....bad! bad South America! Iran is....what the hell IS Iran now? In the late 1990's, they were on their way to becoming friends of the Anglosphere and then somehow in 2002 or so, all of their budding moderates lost influence and the radical mullahs retook primacy. Why was that? Oh well.
End of gratuitous rant.
Posted at 5/17/2006 07:43:00 PM UTC
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