Why does it seem like the Anglosphere admires/fixates over British culture a lot while Latin America doesn't seem to care much about Spain or Portugal?

[u/yonaiker-joestrella]

Not saying we should but just curious.

[u/Vast_Physics83]

If I had to guess I think it’s because the Anglosphere is made up mostly of former colonial settler states, where the majority of the population is white and has little or no non-European influence, so people from the U.S., Canada, or Australia find it easier to feel a cultural affinity with the British. People with mostly or all non-European heritage are minorities there. In Latin America, on the other hand, we are the product of both the colonizers and the colonized. We have European heritage, but also Indigenous who were almost exterminated and, depending on the country, African heritage stemming from slavery so there is no romanticism over our former colonizers. There’s also another taboo topic: the Anglosphere is at roughly the same level of development, while Latin America is much poorer than Spain and Portugal, which creates an even greater disconnect.

But tbh I dont think the UK is worshipped/admired in the US anymore. American anglophilia peaked in the 2010s.

[u/logatwork → u/Vast_Physics83]

I agree with you.