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 language.
Then you are forced to think in it.
Soon, you are judged only through it.
Eventually:
- Your intelligence is measured by your accent
- Your confidence by your fluency
- Your leadership by how closely you sound like the elite
And finally, you submit to the authority of those who control that language.
This is not education.
This is conditioning.
The Psychology of “B Grade” Identity
When children are repeatedly told—directly or indirectly—that their mother tongue is inferior, something dangerous happens:
- They hesitate to speak
- They feel embarrassed at home
- They disconnect from grandparents
- They internalize inferiority
A child who feels their language is “B grade” will soon believe they themselves are B grade.
This is how a state weakens its own people without firing a single bullet.
How States Collapse Without Knowing It
You don’t destroy a state by attacking its borders.
You destroy it by:
- Breaking continuity between generations
- Making people ashamed of their roots
- Turning citizens into imitators, not thinkers
When people think only in an alien language, they also begin to:
- Borrow alien values
- Accept alien priorities
- Obey alien authority
The state remains on the map—but its soul disappears.
Colonialism Never Left—It Changed Fonts
Colonial rule did not end when flags changed.
It simply moved into:
- School syllabi
- Office language policies
- Job interviews
- Social prestige systems
Today, the colonizer no longer needs soldiers.
They only need language standards.
When success requires abandoning your tongue, colonialism has already won.
Mother Tongue Is Not Anti-Progress
Defending the mother tongue is often mocked as:
- Emotional
- Regressive
- Anti-global
This is false.
The most advanced nations:
- Think in their own languages
- Research in their own languages
- Dream in their own languages
Progress does not require linguistic surrender.
It requires intellectual confidence.
A State That Respects Its Languages Respects Its People
A strong state does not rank its languages.
It builds bridges, not ladders.
- Mother tongue for thinking and grounding
- Other languages for connection and trade
When the foundation is strong, learning other languages becomes empowerment—not submission.
The Question We Must Ask
Before asking children to “speak better English” or “sound more polished,” we must ask:
- Why does authority sound foreign?
- Why does intelligence require translation?
- Who decided our language is B grade?
Until we confront this, we will keep producing skilled workers—but weak citizens.
Conclusion: Kill the Tongue, Rule the Mind
The fastest way to destroy a state is not war.
It is convincing people that their own voice is not worth hearing.
Revive the mother tongue, and you revive:
- Confidence
- Critical thinking
- Cultural continuity
- True freedom
Because a people who think in their own language
can never be fully controlled.
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