Well... I studied history, graduated in archaeology, have a keen interest in current affairs, and now live in a (just) post-Soviet-Bloc state, so to be honest I'd say I have a better idea than most about both Britain's track record and some more modern examples of direct state control...
Fortunately, I don't let all those terrible things in the past or the present blind me to (what I perceive as) the ironies and amusements in the world around me
- life would just be so unutterably dreary if we focused on the negative ALL the time!
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