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it's interesting, because the royals preach that poor people need help. meanwhile, this douche and his "family" are bringing in millions for doing...... jack fucking shit?
these fucktards wouldn't know a day of struggle in their lives. They're born into privilege, and that's all they know. Fuck the royals.
Yes, I REALLY fucking hate the royals. Much more than regularly billionaires. They're despicable.
Hey now. Have you tried not raping children for a week? I heard it's not easy.
I don't know if I agree with the regular billionaires being any better (since the vast majority of those owe most if not all of their dragon hoards to privileges not available to regular people and are equally kept from ever losing it via laws that favor them over everyone else), but you're ABSOLUTELY 100% spot on about the rest and I couldn't agree more!
It is weird that the royals top side quest is like helping poor people. Meanwhile, they wear a stolen diamond worth a billion dollars on their crown.
exactly my point. He preaches "SAVE THE POOR!" from his GOLDEN FUCKING THRONE. the fuck is he doing to save the poor? getting richer, that's what.
fuck. now I'm angry.
I'm sorry he's ruining your mood, but being pissed off is ABSOLUTELY the most fitting reaction to both the concept and specifics of royalty somehow still existing in the 21st century.
They also try to save the environment by flying on private jets all over the world whilst leaving the heating on in their several mansions.
I get you. I really do. But let me offer you some perspective. Monarchs are born into their role. They have no choice in the matter and are raised according to a blueprint of what a monarch shall be. They have no power, no voice, no vote.
I do get you. They don't know strife or hardship. But for the love od me, I'd never would have wanted to be born as a crown prince.
Now lets talk about their appendages (brothers, sisters, offspring), who do get a lot of money for being born, they heve a vote, freedom, power and a voice. The aristocrasy is what is costing the tax payer a lot of monies.
Billionaires on the other hand chose to hoard and not to share.
Personally, I don't mind a monarch, if they'd be paid at the same rate as government officers and only thw monarch. The rest of the family can go to work like normal people.
That would be more correct if the royals didn't regularly petition parliament to change laws that financially impact them.
The late queen did so on several occasions. Many of these law changes were not friendly to the environment either.
There are monarchs around the world who have stepped down and reframed their roles as part of modern democracy, yet the British ones cling to a particularly out of touch model.
They also tried to cover up the shenanigans of a peodphile sibling too.
So, sure, they are born into it, but that's no excuse for what they do and to suggest they don't know any better is a shallow view of humanity that supposes an inability for empathy.
Besides that, the monarchy acts as a symbol that some people are better and more elevated than others -- decreed by god -- only through the process of birth. This is a cornerstone of all nationalism, racism, and xenophobia that has no place in a modern civilisation.
Liz was protecting her shitstain son. When Charlie came in, he at least did something even if it wasn’t what we wanted. Hopefully Randy Andy sees justice soon. Very soon.
The thing about that is, there were royals born RECENTLY, who were intellectually challenged. They tried to bury that in the news, but they couldn’t. They basically dumped those two women in a group home and told no one about them.
Edit: there were a few actually. https://www.theroyalobserver.com/p/queen-elizabeth-cousins-locked-away-psycho-ward
From that link, two of the women were together for 60 years or more, but then they were separated and one of them died just 4 months later. They were reportedly inseparable. And they separated them after decades. Is this the kind of people we want to worship? Fuck those cunts.
Wow let's be 100% fair it's hard having choices and opportunities and living up to be pompous but not seeming too pompous.
He's DEFINITELY failing on that last part, though.
It's even worse. They've built themselves a nice little business empire based on tax dodging: Taxes are collected "in the name of the king" by "his majesties" tax collectors and in that setup the king doesn't have to pay taxes if he doesn't want to. So they are totally raking in billions:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Estate
Read the full Wikipedia article.
You might want to read the Guardian on "the cost of the crown" about royal finances:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/series/cost-of-the-crown