Yes, that is exactly the tension that I am trying to address here. I've been debating this in my mind for a while now. While I am trying to consume the least english-language content as possible, I still read the vast majority of my books in english, because that's the language they are written in. For example, I don't think there is a single book on permaculture written in spanish out there. I intend to change that, to steer the availability of information in my language, but scarcely knowledgeable as I am, this is not a short-term goal.
This is a sort of simulacrum on a series of posts I plan to make, which are on big, important topics, so I choose to write them in English, for the very same reason you mentioned. In a way, I made this post with an oxy-moronic title: I wish to go against the english language, yet I will keep using, regrettably, I have virtually no choice.
And yes, you are right. You made a post in French recently, and I did not open it. Despite telling people to use LLMs to translate stuff, I do not to it myself. I do not use LLMs at all.
Contradictory, incongruent? Perhaps. We "modern" people are in the particular position of being alive and pushing against life itself systematically and almost thoroughly. So contradiction is part of my cultural makeup.
I guess the point I am trying to make is: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Maybe you could start by translating the books you wish were available in spanish ? This way you could learn what you want about permaculture and other topics in english first, then take notes for your future book ? It's a great project and I hope you will succeed.
By the way, all my posts here are in french. If i am not mistaken, I think i am the only one who posts in french here. While I don't want to become famous or go viral, i hope that someone who speaks it like me will someday stumble upon my little bits of writing here. That is why I do this.
And also, this virtual pub is amazing.
Bartender ! Do you have some alcoholised coffee ?