Why is it that the French, the Germans, the Italians and other Euro nations appear to be standing up to lockdown laws and general tyranny? Why are these the countries that have fomented great revolutions by the people (unlike say the English and American inter-governmental strifes) while the Anglo-sphere is made up of colonisers and imperialists? Of course, this is not absolutely true. There are nuances as is the same for anything in life. But it’s true enough, which is the sort of nuance that Anglos shy away from.
I think the split lies in how language works in these countries.
English absorbs. English evolves. English mashes words together and produces new sounds and meanings from thin air. In a sense, English is demonic in the way it brings forth entities. Think of a word like ‘himbo’ which is a male bimbo. The actual concept was never really a thing until certain people conjured it.
On the other hand, France has an academy for language, a board of experts that lay out the rules of French, and hence, the French. There’s very little wiggle room. Euro languages are deeply entrenched in their Latin or Germanic origins. Now you might think that strict language rules would lead to authoritarian types and a people who blithely follow the leader. You might think that an adaptive language would create an unruly, free-thinking civilization. The opposite appears to be true.
The underlying basis of each language leads to different conclusions. English takes on any and all words, any and all recipes and any and all peoples and calls them its own. It is inherently prone to losing its own identity. European languages, on the other hand, respect their tradition. If you know what you stand for, you can fight for it. This is a similar conception to the old writing adage that only once you know the rules of grammar and punctuation can you begin to break them. Interestingly, as an aside, there are concepts that the rigid Euro languages can express that English fumbles over. The point is, Anglos can be manipulated, while Euros will stand up to changes that infringe on their character. Progressivism might try to neutralise German, but the Germans will protest. The thought process is based on language, and both dreams and nightmares spring forth from how we speak.
All that said, every language has dialect and idioms which are not official, but possibly more heavily regulated. There is always hope for fighting back in those who speak a common language of idiosyncrasies than from those who speak the Queen’s English.