*** OFFICIAL BREXIT SUNLIT UPLANDS and #MEGA THREAD ***

[The Bean Counter]

If one is anti-monarchy protestor and ten is a lunatic waving a flag with Union Jack face paint then I'm about a 6.

A living royal family presumably has more value than not. It doesn't take a lot to payback the cost if you review over a longer window than just this weekend and look beyond tourism.

It would be interesting to see how the event was covered elsewhere. Advert breaks stuffed full of UK tourism advertising? Probably.

[Poopadoop]

If one is anti-monarchy protestor and ten is a lunatic waving a flag with Union Jack face paint then I'm about a 6.

I'm about a 3, not bothered enough to take up my pitchfork, but would rather they were gone.

It's not just about tourism (which I don't think they contribute to at all, just their properties do), it's about the larger context of 1) someone having enormous wealth without effort and/or ability; and 2) the perpetuation of classism, which you only have to live in a republic to see is relatively nonexistent in (civilised) places outside of the UK.

[The Bean Counter]

I'm about a 3, not bothered enough to take up my pitchfork, but would rather they were gone.

It's not just about tourism (which I don't think they contribute to at all, just their properties do), it's about the larger context of 1) someone having enormous wealth without effort and/or ability; and 2) the perpetuation of classism, which you only have to live in a republic to see is relatively nonexistent in (civilised) places outside of the UK.

On (1), is there a line for the amount you think is reasonable to pass on? Are there any conditions where you think that amount should be flexed?

On (2), I'm assuming you're not counting the US as a civilised place. The class system that I see isn't good.

[Poopadoop]

On (1), is there a line for the amount you think is reasonable to pass on? Are there any conditions where you think that amount should be flexed?

The royals should pay inheritance tax the same as everyone else. I'm not too fussed over how much, but if it's (say) 10% for other people it should be 10% for them.

On (2), I'm assuming you're not counting the US as a civilised place. The class system that I see isn't good.

They have huge income inequality, but most of their social segregation is based on race, not class (though the two tend to be correlated). And they don't really have a class of aristocrats like there is here, or at least it's a lot smaller.

[Poopadoop]

I mean look at people like Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees Mogg, and for that matter probably half of the Tory party. All fabulously wealthy aristocrats whose biggest skill seems to be to talk with an affected accent.

What good are they doing the country? None, in fact they're doing it a lot of harm. And yet people are conditioned to think of them as superior beings. What a shower.

[Poopadoop]

Fun fact: Canada has zero inheritance tax, because people generally don't get stupidly rich in the first place.