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Re:The Queen has more power over British law than we thought by ric2b on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @12:08PM (#26091859)
> My personal pocket philosophy is that the money we pay the royal family is the cost of a peaceful transformation to democracy.

The transition is done, if you stopped now there would be no revolution to keep the monarchy.

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Re:The Queen has more power over British law than we thought by jopsen on Thursday February 11, 2021 @02:58AM (#26099287)
> The transition is done, if you stopped now there would be no revolution to keep the monarchy.

True, now we're just paying interest on a purchase made generations ago.

Is that so bad? I assume it'll go away if the monarchy becomes unpopular.

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Re:The Queen has more power over British law than we thought by ric2b on Thursday February 11, 2021 @04:04PM (#26107154)
> Is that so bad?

Is funneling tons of taxpayer money to some useless family of millionaires bad?

Yes, I think so. It's a moral failure and should just stop.

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