thunderbird8804: Benevolent Misanthrope: The English Monarchy has, since the time of the Saxons and before, been a collaboration between king and people. You should watch the BBC documentary "Monarchy" for a (fairly over-generalized) overview. Fascinating stuff.

If they actually said that, they are guilty of peddling some weapons grade bullshiat.

And don't be hatin' on The Queen. Elizabeth II is a nice lady who didn't ask for that shiat and has done her job better than the vast majority of people in this world. Or, she could just retire, give up her title and Civil List income, and stop paying the government farktons of cash every year out of her personal income from her ancestral inheritance.

...so she gives money to the legitimate government that she didn't earn, and she only has because her blood soaked ancestors said they were ordained by God. Consider me very unimpressed.

Go ahead, Brits. Fire her. Good luck with the collapse. Or seize her personal property, and good luck with your little experiment in Socialism. You may want to talk to Russia for protips.

Oh, the old lady's not in any danger of losing her cushy position, the Brits aren't quite radical enough to do that, and certainly not radical enough to be able to call themselves socialists.

Man - you really think that. Huh.

She owns vast amounts of real estate, which she rents out. Her family got it through marriage, war, and various means. Just like any other family inheritance, but on a larger scale. And what does she do with all that money? Buy small islands? Hookers and blow? No. She gives most of it to the government.

I love it when people call her a parasite because of the Civil List. The Civil List (Sovreign Grant, as of next year) amounts to about £8.5 million. The Queen paid the government About £211 million in 2010. Now I call that a bargain.

But, if you think it's a raw deal for the country, tell ya what - give me all your money every payday, and I'll gladly pay you back 4% of it while calling you a parasite. Sound reasonable?

thunderbird8804: You Are All Sheep: I love how royalty is basically killing someone and making enough people believe your b.s.

Well, monarchy is a wholly arbitrary form of government, it's "these are the rules, for no other reason than God and I said so", so why shouldn't it be decided on killing and bullshiat?

/A wise man had this to say about it, "I compare it to something kept behind a curtain, about which there is a great deal of bustle and fuss, and a wonderful air of seeming solemnity, but when, by an accident, the curtain happens to open and the company see what it is, they burst into laughter"
//I will never be able to understand how a people as intelligent and politically savvy as the Brits have been conned into keeping the royals around for this long

The English Monarchy has, since the time of the Saxons and before, been a collaboration between king and people. You should watch the BBC documentary "Monarchy" for a (fairly over-generalized) overview. Fascinating stuff.

And don't be hatin' on The Queen. Elizabeth II is a nice lady who didn't ask for that shiat and has done her job better than the vast majority of people in this world. Or, she could just retire, give up her title and Civil List income, and stop paying the government farktons of cash every year out of her personal income from her ancestral inheritance.

Go ahead, Brits. Fire her. Good luck with the collapse. Or seize her personal property, and good luck with your little experiment in Socialism. You may want to talk to Russia for protips.

Nem Wan: He'd also be rightful king of Australia. He could try that on for size first.

Finally, a premise for my alternate history novel.

NEWJERSEYFARKTAG: Wait, let me get this straight. The "rightful" King of england dies. But, he can't be the rightful King, being dead and all. WTF ! Even if he were undead he would still be a figurehead.

/Zombie King?!?

Look out, it's the "Tomb of the Lich King"!!!!