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Agreed completely - it's just wrong.
It must also have an impact on the national psyche for everybody to know that it is completely impossible to ever earn the right to be head of state.
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I think that the chat about whether they are value for money slightly misses the point. Hereditary monarchy is an anathema to an ideal of a meritocratic democracy, and its links to a theocracy are so antiquated and laughable as to be insulting.
I care not for a positive business case for the royals in the same way that I do not look for a net present value for paedophilia or racism.
Who cares if she costs the country money or not? She costs me money and I detest the existence of her role.
As always mashton expresses the point eloquently, simply and succinctly.
There is no place for this feudal legacy in a modern democracy.
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I think that the chat about whether they are value for money slightly misses the point. Hereditary monarchy is an anathema to an ideal of a meritocratic democracy, and its links to a theocracy are so antiquated and laughable as to be insulting.
I care not for a positive business case for the royals in the same way that I do not look for a net present value for paedophilia or racism.
Who cares if she costs the country money or not? She costs me money and I detest the existence of her role.