Communism and Fascism are poles apart… like literally diametric opposites.

Authoritarianism can turn up on either side, although it’s worth noting that Fascism cries out for the “big strong leader” type oppressor saviour.

The Communist Manifesto suggests there have never been any real communist countries. Communism, it proposes, comes after capitalism - according to dialectic theory. Most/all countries that are/were called communist went there straight from agrarianism.

If you want to know how AES (actually existing socialism) countries view this then I suggest you ask one of the theory reading brothers and sisters around here to explain - I’m not really into politics and political theory.

He only won in one country… I’m assuming that the dozen or so non-USians on the web are allowed to use OSM…

East India Company?

You can sell the house - it’s just not so straight forward for the buyer to get a mortgage.

17. As long as you are aware that you need to enroll your child in an English-medium school then I wouldn’t worry about learning a bit of the local lingo on the side when/if she joins. (There are Welsh-medium schools too - best avoided in your case.)

One other piece of advice I’d suggest is stop thinking of the uk as a single place - but rather a collection of different places. Moving just eight miles in any direction can often put you in a completely different demographic and community. It’s a weird place.

Unfortunately illegal is illegal so, yes, they probably would be prosecuted. It’s the “crime” bit that matters. I think there was a German (lol) cannibal who consensually ate some bits of people. Prosecuted.

I’m sorry to hear that. I hope life becomes slower and calmer for you in the future. I don’t read anything into up or down votes. I just open my fat stupid mouth and anonymously comment. Sometimes people like it, sometimes they don’t. Voting is more a reflection of the people you talk to. I’m sure the first person who said the world was round and circled the sun would have been downvoted into oblivion back in the day, but… gestures broadly at modern astronomy. Don’t sweat it.

Sorry. Do I understand this correctly? You were getting stressed by random internet strangers downvoting you? Are you serious?