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Originally posted by Salacious
People who actually support the monarchy are idiots. They are living off of your tax dollars. They're a bunch of freeloaders
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I feel the same way, imo they seem like total elitists.
The general argument in favour of them is that they apparently bring a lot of money in tourism (more than they cost). It's never supported with hard evidence though and imo there's a ton of ways we could make up for any money lost when we got rid of the institution.
Saying that, I don't hate the Queen.
I think she has been treated badly by being given the burden of ruling.
As BlazingLovatic said she has spent her whole life working.
Imo we should just wait until she dies then just say that's it no more, rather than kick her off the throne which would be cruel.