I get what you're saying, but I'm thinking that from such a global perspective, it's more accurate to focus on the whole of English language and culture; rather

I get what you're saying, but I'm thinking that from such a global perspective, it's more accurate to focus on the whole of English language and culture; rather than on the government institutions from places which take it as a 1st language. This way it's possible to realize that it's a later version of what Latin once was, and even french got to be for a bit. It's the state-of-the art in natural language expressiveness. It has a uncommon relation to writing (literal) that is somehow different from most other oral-first languages. It's the language of trade (of commerce, of merchants), and it has an "ergonomic" (so to say) way to allow expressing complex thoughts. I still wish to better understand what is it about english orally (spoken) and english literally (written) that's somehow different from other cultures|languages. It is almost certainly one of the easiest languages to learn as a 2nd (i.e. not 1st) language; and I mean this is a GOOD THING.