Rise of the Anglosphere

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Published 2024-07-22
What is the Anglosphere and how did it come to rise into a global pan-ethnic/cultural identity? The Anglosphere is a region of the world that is descended directly from British colonial endeavors from across the world, including North America, Oceania and parts of Africa. Although these countries today such as the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand are all overwhelmingly English-speaking today, with a strong historic connection to the culture, traditions, genetics, laws and politics of the British Isles, including England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. These 4 nations off the coast of Europe were united under the banner of the British Empire for centuries and in the diaspora, their descendants melded and fused into a common culture, although of course each various nation has their own historical and cultural quirks derived from their unique situations and migrations patterns. Today, the societies of the Anglosphere are closely connected and enjoy mostly positive relations despite being scattered across the globe and separated by hundreds of years on the colonial timeline. Let me know your thoughts on the Anglosphere and these Anglophone nations, how you believe past actions have helped to shape them in the modern day and where you believe the future will take this quasi-civilizational bloc that may come to converge or diverge with one another in the upcoming century. Thanks for watching!

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All Comments (21)
  • @mrmerlin6287
    Being English I often find the world speaks better English than I do.
  • @trite4654
    Anglosphere getting that soft power victory
  • @Sezstu
    The fact that English was the dominant world language when the internet arose has insured that it will continue to spread and become even more dominant. The flexibility and huge vocabulary of English make it a great choice for a common world language.
  • @pulithevar8135
    English food and English women made them into the best sailors in the world.
  • @yolanda8563
    UK, US, Canada, Australia and NZ need a union of some kind. It's time lads.
  • @constantius4654
    From an ancient West European angle it is wonderful that so much of the world speaks one of the old Germanic languages (English) and the two Iberian languages (Spanish & Portuguese) which arise from Latin. In the last 50 years English has been massively boosted across the globe through pop music and then in the last twenty five years via the worldwide web. As ever, a thrilling video from Masaman.
  • @NIDELLANEUM
    Nice to see you again Masaman, hope you're doing great
  • @ctalcantara1700
    The Philippines is becoming more anglophone as English is an official language and the language of instruction. The quality of English spoken by Filipinos has improved dramatically over the years. Definitely an emerging Anglosphere nation.
  • @Grahamisthesword
    We are all siblings who ribb each other 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇦🇺🇳🇿🇨🇦
  • @zolandia5262
    This video talks about two different concepts. The Anglosphere and the Anglophone countries. The Anglosphere is the Five eyes countries: Australia, Canada, NZ, UK and the US. These 5 could be subdivided into 2 groups in terms of cultural similarity, Australia, NZ and the UK are one group. The US is the other group and Canada is in between. The Anglophone group of countries also includes Ireland, Jamacia, possibly Singapore and some others where the English language is dominant. The Phillipines is usually considered culturally part of the wider Malay world by culture although English is quite common there.
  • @michaelpagsanhan9376
    I live in U.S. most of my life and I found it strange that English is not an official language in America.
  • @thicclegendfeep4050
    As an Old Stock, English Settler descended American, I have a great love for Canada, The United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. They are our family in every meaningful way, and I wish their peiple and nations nothing but the absolute best ! 🇺🇲❤️🇨🇦🇬🇧🇮🇪🇦🇺🇳🇿 (I'm not sure if South Africa fits as English language and culture is, as I understand, a minority there, however I have heard it has great prominence there. I hear your nation is going through great hardships and I wish South Africa and all of her peoples the absolute best ! 🇺🇸♥️🇿🇦)
  • @BladeFitAcademy
    When I travelled to Europe I was pleased to find everyone under 30 spoke English. And this was ten years ago. So many native Russians also speak English.
  • @angelicaeagles9627
    I feel like the more time passes, the more our sphere converges, I mean, I'm a Brit, but I've noticed how americanised we've become throughout my lifetime, and I'm a 90's baby, so we're talking over the past 30 years