MONTREAL – Just over one year after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, a new poll suggests a growing number of Canadians believe it’s time to reconsider the country’s ties to the monarchy. Data re...
We have to get rid of it because it’s entirely unjustifiable that a ‘royal’ family exists regardless of the actual power that they wield. We’ve long moved past the concept of divine right of kings, there is no ethical basis for this institution. Those are the grounds on which it must be got rid of. That they are powerless money sucks that do nothing for us is just the cherry on top.
This is the original goalpost. The money talk was a side track the entire time.
I didn’t need to move to money at all. I explicitly noted that financial concerns were just a bonus on top of the real reason the monarchy needs to go, which is that it’s an illegitimate institution. The ‘get a job’ bit was a rhetorical flourish.
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This is the original goalpost. The money talk was a side track the entire time.
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I didn’t need to move to money at all. I explicitly noted that financial concerns were just a bonus on top of the real reason the monarchy needs to go, which is that it’s an illegitimate institution. The ‘get a job’ bit was a rhetorical flourish.
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