Comments by "buddermonger2000" (@buddermonger2000) on "Britain moves towards Anglosphere federation" video.

  1. CANZUK would basically need to rapidly become a naval power that can rival the US's own and even surpass it if it wants to be separated from the US. However, the US itself is part of the anglosphere even if it doesn't like to admit it. And so honestly what this would amount to is the ally that the US is sorely needing. The USA is facing a world where it will be overextended unless it can get allies but most of the Allies it does have seem to have fallen into decline and unwilling to put in any effort meaning that it is largely on its own. The only real ally it would be able to count on is this CANZUK union which would probably by in part subsidized by the USA and also able to help in at least some fronts that it doesn't have otherwise. By being able to at least form a confederation even if not a real federation the CANZUK super state would be able to actually hold its own in some capacity, strengthen its leverage over the areas of importance by drawing upon the other member states, and get at least more bargaining power with the US even if it'll immediately be an ally. Honestly despite the member states taking a similar path to Europe in some regards, Britain has always been on a more independent path to Europe than the mainland and all member states are closer in ties to the US than Europe. So I honestly see them following the path closer to the US than that of the rest of Europe being kind of brought along as the total greater anglosphere. Edit: There's also a few things which I wanted to add here. First off that even with the very different trade realities of each member state, the British empire historically used its empire as a system of preferential trade to rival the US and Germany economically since it couldn't on its own. The states would also be free to pursue their own trade realities but also be able to bolster the economy of each other by better exchanging their resources with each other. It's also worth noting that the UK is the second biggest NATO spender (though the US does still subsidize the whole thing) and Canada still spends about as much as Italy despite literally being the northern US border and so practically not really having to spend at all which means that as a united power they likely would be willing to spend enough to be a decent military power unlike the current EU and rest of NATO. It's Also that the CANZUK union is largely a state of one people spread across 3 continents in a way that almost no other union could boast. They share also incredibly similar culture so splits like the India-Pakistan split wouldn't realistically happen. It'd arguably be much more like the Han Chinese level of cultural unity than any other group of countries.
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  2.  @mn5499  the joke is the US is an empire lol
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  3. That would be the imperial federation yes
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  4.  @OnlyGrafting  Well as much as it is an economic and not much of a political union, the movement of peoples seems to be very free and he referenced the Aussie deal with NZ as a good framework for what could happen where they're basically already are treated as common citizens. However the issue with such agreements is that in order for it to work on a scale it really does need to integrate into something more at the least into a point where it can defend its own trade and requires common military integration to keep up the maritime trade. Which requires near federal level integration.
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  5. Tell that to the USA
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  6.  @Carno_Yujia  I think that's the point as it helps with clicks and isn't inaccurate.
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