“these inbred, pedophilic, half alive cretins are your monarchy! They are your betters, bow to them and pay their bills!”
It is absolutely moronic that we haven’t dragged every king on earth off his throne, made them private citizens and kicked them off the government payroll
Edit: for anyone downvoting, my comment was light. What I actually believe is that once they are dragged them off the throne, they should be executed and tossed in the river. But I know that’s a bit far for 2024
They’re pretty much the American military of landowners, in that they own more land than the next 10+ biggest land owners combined.
And no, I’m pretty sure that the majority of the income from their… mimes big bosoms vast tracts of land goes to them rather than the country as a whole. They’re one of the biggest public funds black holes in the world, just like the aforementioned military.
You could feed, clothe and house every person in the UK for the rest of their lives with just a fraction of the land and riches that the royal leeches are hoarding.
Let’s see where we’re at after November before we start shit talking too much.
There’s a very high chance that if Trump wins, he’ll make himself a monarch
I can’t speak from the British Commonwealth perspective, but from a Swedish perspective my opinion is this regarding having a monarch:
Yeah, it might not reflect our modern values well, but since the (Swedish) monarch is mostly ceremonial and completely unpolitical, there’s actually quite little to hate about it. They’re just the mascot of the country. There’s far more pressing issues in our country than having that confused old guy as head of state.
In Sweden that might be true. But in the UK the monarch has some vestigial power. Even though everyone assures that if he ever tried to actually use those powers they would be taken away. But it doesn’t change the fact that in the UK the monarch still has power.
I don’t know about Sweden, but the UK monarch is an aristocrat that owns loads of land, businesses, trusts, etc, and his money comes from that. At least, he gets to keep about a quarter of it; the rest goes to the Government.
Imagine having a King in 2024
“these inbred, pedophilic, half alive cretins are your monarchy! They are your betters, bow to them and pay their bills!”
It is absolutely moronic that we haven’t dragged every king on earth off his throne, made them private citizens and kicked them off the government payroll
Edit: for anyone downvoting, my comment was light. What I actually believe is that once they are dragged them off the throne, they should be executed and tossed in the river. But I know that’s a bit far for 2024
We did that with some of them. But there are also a lot of ‘royalists’ out there.
We tried that once, their replacement cancelled Christmas and invaded Ireland…
Thats polluting the river bro!
Compost the wealthy.
Better to compost the poor.
I might have a modest proposal for you.
High five!
The far bigger issue is land owners in general.
Targetting the Royal family and them alone will solve nothing. I’m pretty sure all their land money goes to the state anyway doesn’t it?
They’re pretty much the American military of landowners, in that they own more land than the next 10+ biggest land owners combined.
And no, I’m pretty sure that the majority of the income from their… mimes big bosoms vast tracts of land goes to them rather than the country as a whole. They’re one of the biggest public funds black holes in the world, just like the aforementioned military.
You could feed, clothe and house every person in the UK for the rest of their lives with just a fraction of the land and riches that the royal leeches are hoarding.
There no point having a conversation if you are going to outright make things up.
You forgot “God save the King!” at the end of that.
And what is it you think I’m making up?
Let’s see where we’re at after November before we start shit talking too much.
There’s a very high chance that if Trump wins, he’ll make himself a monarch
It won’t be long before he suffers a cheeseburger induced heart attack
Still more respectable than the previous US President that people actually chose.
I can’t speak from the British Commonwealth perspective, but from a Swedish perspective my opinion is this regarding having a monarch:
Yeah, it might not reflect our modern values well, but since the (Swedish) monarch is mostly ceremonial and completely unpolitical, there’s actually quite little to hate about it. They’re just the mascot of the country. There’s far more pressing issues in our country than having that confused old guy as head of state.
At least he doesn’t possess nuclear launch codes.
In Sweden that might be true. But in the UK the monarch has some vestigial power. Even though everyone assures that if he ever tried to actually use those powers they would be taken away. But it doesn’t change the fact that in the UK the monarch still has power.
Where does their money come from?
I don’t know about Sweden, but the UK monarch is an aristocrat that owns loads of land, businesses, trusts, etc, and his money comes from that. At least, he gets to keep about a quarter of it; the rest goes to the Government.
Well I didn’t vote for him
There’s a lot of that going on at the moment lol
Be quiet! You bloody peasant!
(Monty Python reference)
Now we see the violence inherent in the system!
Help! Help! I’m being repressed!
Better to have a king than a Trump or Bush.
They had Boris Johnson…
And he didn’t do much except for talking. The only real fuck up was Liz Truss, but she was gone in no time.