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British voters want to be part of EU more than French and Italians, poll reveals
(www.independent.co.uk)
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I wonder if there's something about the English language that makes it's speakers more susceptible to Russian propaganda somehow.
Yes, and that thing is that English is the leading language for international communication, so Russia has plenty people that speak and write English well.
Allegedly they tried to manipulate an election in France too, but the French of the Russian agents was so horrible, that the French could spot it immediately.
Having the international language of choice is a big vulnerability in this situation.
It probably has the best translation tooling. On top of that, they even learn it as their second language.
But I don't think that's a major factor. The UK always had special privileges within the EU and was probably just the most susceptible major country for the idea of leaving.
This is what is frustrating to me. There were always loads of news articles saying how the EU were making us do something or preventing us from doing something else. They ignored the fact that the UK was involved in all of those decisions and had a greater influence over them than many other EU member states.
Nah, British exceptionalism is a thing.
It’s not that.
The twitter bots knew to talk about Spitfires over Dover and “sovereignty”, whatever that is.
The older people fell for it because they hark back to “better times” when they had post WW2 rationing and no repercussions for their colonial past, like non-whites running the local supermarket.
It’s more basic than you think.
In his eyes, the greatest symbiotic parasite man has ever known isn't microbial but linguistics. Words are what keep civilization, our world alive. Save the world not by taking mens lives but by taking their tongues.
The English parasite has long since replaced local languages in most places as the Lingua Franca. Certainly if you want to do business internationally, you'd used English.
However if you think of the English language as the vector or medium of infection and certain "ideas" as a virus, its no wonder that such misinformation can be spread wildly everywhere all at once.
The only solution is to stop using it...
"Sans Lingua Franca. The world will be torn asunder and then, it shall be free."