Recently, while reading comments on twitter, I came across people celebrating the militarization of San Juan by the United States. One comment in particular caught my attention, and decided to respond. I argued that such Anglophilia—an excessive admiration for Anglo-American power—is a profound societal malaise, and that the militarization of our island is nothing to celebrate or glorify. I addressed the commentator as a “rootless citizen of the world,” highlighting a perceived disconnect from our history, identity, and struggles.
I think it was the Holy Trinity that inspired me to attach a picture of the Cross of St. Andrew to my reply. In San Juan for centuries we fought with this flag is a symbol of Christendom for us.
The individual’s reply was telling. They proudly doubled down on their position, declaring themselves “A True Citizen of the World.” As if to prove my point about their rootlessness, they accompanied this with a photograph of a Masonic ceremony from their lodge.
They are a rootless class, devoid of lineage, historical allegiance, or national loyalty. Their true fidelity is not to any nation, but to a grand abstraction: the machinery of global hegemony. They are loyal solely to the empire itself—an international plutocratic union base on money.