• grte@lemmy.caOP
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    1 year ago

    Right, so time to get rid of the pointless institution. Why is this family receiving state money when there is no justification for them to be doing so? Bye bye, time to get a real job.

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      1 year ago

      We don’t pay them though….

      Thanks for proving my point mate!

      It would cost us money to remove them while it costs us nothing for them to sit there.

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          1 year ago

          Most of those costs would be there regardless of the moncarchy.

          Still have to upkeep historical buildings, still need to accommodate nationals among other costs.

          And we don’t know what the other option could cost, it may cost more since we don’t have established accommodations.

          It’s not as simple as you seem to think, those costs wouldn’t just go away….

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            1 year ago

            Well as I said previously, the money is just the cherry on top. The actual basis for getting rid of the monarchy is that it’s an institution with no real legitimacy. Our figurehead is a charlatan.

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                We have to get rid of it because it’s entirely unjustifiable that a ‘royal’ family exists regardless of the actual power that they wield. We’ve long moved past the concept of divine right of kings, there is no ethical basis for this institution. Those are the grounds on which it must be got rid of. That they are powerless money sucks that do nothing for us is just the cherry on top.

                This is the original goalpost. The money talk was a side track the entire time.

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                  1 year ago

                  You moved to money after it was pointed out they have no “power” and needed a different argument.

                  Your “grounds” don’t exist… they don’t pay them money… do you even know your point?

                  And again, thanks for proving all of points explicitly, you are the exact person my comments are directed at, you don’t comprehend how our monarchy works!

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                    I didn’t need to move to money at all. I explicitly noted that financial concerns were just a bonus on top of the real reason the monarchy needs to go, which is that it’s an illegitimate institution. The ‘get a job’ bit was a rhetorical flourish.