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Re:Queen Elizabeth II has died by scaramanga on Thursday September 08, 2022 @06:51PM (#32773102)
They supported a coup that ousted a democratically elected government. It even included a plan to install a military junta.

They are given a lot of money.

They can (and regularly do) veto legislation if it would harm their (vast) business empire.

They are not elected.

The burden of proof is on you to say why this is a good institution.

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Re:Queen Elizabeth II has died by scaramanga on Thursday September 08, 2022 @06:55PM (#32773159)
Also, it's slightly bizarre that you think parliament has been "pro-economic-growth", but that hasn't been the case since the collapse of the post war consensus in 1979, when it simply became pro profit-growth.
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