Kill the Mother Tongue, Kill the State
How Language Hierarchies Quietly Rewrite Power, Identity, and Obedience The Silent Curriculum We Never Question No government circular ever says this out loud. No textbook states it clearly. Yet every child understands it early: Your mother tongue is “B grade.” Another language—often imported, elite, or alien—is “A grade.” Marks, jobs, respect, confidence, authority—everything flows toward the “A grade” language. The message is subtle but brutal: To succeed, you must move away from yourself. This is not an accident. It is design. Language Is Never Neutral Language is not just a tool for communication. It carries: Memory Culture Worldview Power When a language is downgraded, the people who speak it are downgraded with it. When a state allows one language to dominate while others are treated as inferior, it is not promoting unity—it is restructuring hierarchy . From Learning a Language to Submitting to Authority At first, you are told to learn the dominant langu...
