Esperanto-A Non-National Movement

Shire Renaissance
#21

Condon,

Esperanto was designed to be easy and fun. Plus its easier to learn a language today than it ever has been. Duolingo literally makes the process into a game for free. If a person has time to look up memes or porn on his/her phone, they have time to spend a few minutes everyday learning a language.

As to why;
to enable peace
to make it easier to communicate and travel abroad
to make it easier to learn other languages
to make a Free State language

I think you are really overestimating the difficulty of learning this language and not understanding the full utility of the language.

Esperanto speakers donā€™t feel the need to congregate and move together. They donā€™t need to. Its an auxiliary language not attached to any region or nation. Why would they move here? Thatā€™s not what this is about. Itā€™s about connecting with people outside of NH that believe in peace. This is one way to connect to other liberty minded communities.

#22

Point taken, Kelsier. Despite my (very advanced) age, Iā€™d like to take a stab at learning Esperanto. I wonder if there will be any Esperanto-speakers at the Forkfestā€¦and if so, might they do presentations and/or classes? That would be coolā€¦

#23

Well, I plan on being there, but I canā€™t make any promises about presentations. I may be an Esperanto/Granite Logic book exchange combo like I did for this yearā€™s Liberty Forum.

Until then, check out some of the Esperanto books here:
https://retbutiko.esperanto-usa.org/index.php?main_page=login&zenid=2QILmXyxQX-RjVZQoBsXK1

And try Duolingo if you havenā€™t already.

Gis revido,

Steven

#24

Well Iā€™m going to be there through the entire ForkFest and the PorcFest. If you decide to have any gathering to explain, discuss, and encourage Esperanto-learningā€”and please do!ā€”Iā€™ll come. (As for me, my campsite is going to feature a sign offering ā€œFree Alien Adviceā€ā€¦)