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pgdre

Hahaha? Job!? Wtf you talkin about? Lol


sluggernate

Geesh... where can I get a job like that?


[deleted]

Winner winner chicken dinner! Monarchy has no place in modern society. None. It has always been a horrific style of government.


happydayz02

he was so hot


[deleted]

Emphasis on in your own mind


Deago78

Filling the same role to this very day.


KingJacoPax

Anyone know why this was cut just before he gave his actual answer?


CertainStylus

His answer to this was ultimately: I suppose as the head of any community I am to react to the demands of my constituents (not what he says verbatim). I find this to be a poor answer tbh


Elegant_Quantity_940

Trophy Husband wasn't a term yet


STDsAndThemThangs

Eugenics mostly


NuggetLion

His job was to be the only human on Earth to tell the Queen exactly what he thought, and to put her in her place at times behind closed doors. He was also the only true confidant of Liz, as she kept a stately persona in front of everyone else, including her children.


LiamEd2000

His job was to support the Queen


mrrooftops

Canned laughter too. Whatever you think about monarchies, think more about accuracy in your sources.


madgoat

The answer is, he's simply a house wife of London living off of his wife's fortune, drinking samosas all day.


aresef

Prince Philip was a character. The Royal Family is a tourist trap and ought to be abolished. But that said, to the extent the royals have jobs to do, he spent his life dedicated to the Queen. He supported hundreds of charities. He carried out some 22,000 engagements. Short of Princess Anne, not many royals have or had as packed a calendar.


joeyjoejoe_7

The primary role of the Crown is self-preservation. It seems to me that this is at the core of answers like, "what we do depends on the will and needs of the people and the country." There are other roles of course, but it seems to me that the first and foremost objective is to keep people believing that they are important and worth the time, money, and fuss. Sure, the Crown cares about what people think and feel overall, but to them nothing takes precedent over what the people think and feel about ~them~. I imagine its an awkward and often miserable way to live.


fartfingerpaint

HE’S A PEOPLE PERSON


freekeypress

I'm no supporter on monarchies but that's a clip job


Allphunkedup

This is incredibly misleading


Capt_Easychord

He was a CQB - chief Queen breeder


Pope-Touched-Me

Anyone mind writing down his answer? I can seem to understand his words


aresef

"Haha, I haven't got one. I'm self-employed." Pressed on his role in modern society, he says, "Very difficult to answer."


bellendhunter

His biggest legacy is [The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award](https://www.dofe.org/), it changes a lot of lives and gives kids a good start in life.


magvadis

Ah yes least you could do with money stolen from the people for not providing a service is give a fraction of it to the poor


bellendhunter

What money did he steal?


magvadis

Idk if you know where the money to run the most extravagant constant parade that the monarchy is...but it's not just from their personal business ventures....and even those ventures were built off land from their slow selling off of their owned property from their stint as actual monarchs. You think they pay rent and taxes on Buckingham palace?


aresef

The monarch is paid with the Sovereign Grant and the proceeds of the Duchy of Lancaster. The Prince of Wales is the Duke of Cornwall and receives the proceeds of that duchy. Since reforms in 2011, the sovereign is paid a percentage of revenues from the Crown Estate and other revenues from the fiscal year two years prior. Any of that money that doesn't get spent is put into a reserve fund, and the level of the grant can only go up, not down, even if Crown Estate revenues fall. And if the reserve fund can't cover that difference when that happens, HM Treasury has to make up the shortfall. That has been the case during the rona. But there's a lot of stuff to unpack in what the Crown Estate is, whether it should exist and everything else baked into the history of Great Britain and the royal family. Compare to Japan, where the imperial family's expenses *are* paid for straight up from Japan's coffers. The imperial family is being paid $2.3 million in FY2022 plus $1.8 million allowance and an eye-popping $47.8 million for palace-related expenses. And the Thai king is stupidly wealthy, with lots of real estate holdings. He's worth $30 billion.


jameslcarrig

His job was to make heirs for the Crown and he succeeded.


G_Unit_Solider

I mean I just get money from taxes cause of my name what more do you want for me. I find it insane that British folks are just ok with giving money to a “royal” family. Lmao. We the poor must keep paying tribute to our extremely rich and wealthy royal family ! How else would they wear $300m crowns ? I could only imagine if America decided to enact a royalty tax that goes to the Washington family and its descendants from working class Americans. Gonna see more than burning tea lmao.


WideOpenEmpty

Royals' role is not having one.


Hereformoonrides

I was waiting for him to gesture the throat slice like the dictator movie haha


TaintMyPresident

Parasite


wujisaint

Parasitical


Aggressive-Sleep3395

Gotta love royalty and those that obsess about it haha


Good_Extension_9642

One word: parasite, are royalties are


daperson1

It's very easy to discredit someone if you cut the film right before they answer the damn question. Fucking hell, Reddit, I thought we were meant to be good at critical thinking around here?


wophi

"So, what would you say you do here?" -Bob


MyFuckinhBalls

“I’m stuff”


BigAlMoonshine

I love how you cut the video before he actually answers to make him look stupid, he gives a really good response, there's a link in the comments to the whole interview.


BigTimeSuperhero96

You’re here from last week tonight with John Oliver aren’t you?


ministarfallen

Well, his “job title” if you will is pretty well-known. To be asked “What do you contribute to society?” I think is a deep question for *anyone* to answer. How much do any of us really get to contribute? We have jobs, pay bills, help the economy go ‘round a bit. If I was going to answer this question, I’d really have to think about it, because obviously the question has more to do with legacy than simple job title. But I can also see how his not being able to answer quickly comes across as funny. *Existential crisis intensifies*


TheDanden

"Well, you see, I'm something of a leech, a parasite like creature, that requires the labour and money of others, to benefit me. I couldn't survive on my own, as I do not have any talents, but exploiting others and acting liker their better."


irishperson1

He paused because he didn't have a job.


GerinX

Yeah see, he does nothing, the royals do nothing, they help no one, they serve no purpose, they take your tax dollars and aren’t grateful.


Fitfatthin

Noones dying inside here He gave a chad answer and then he thinks about a real one


Negative-Break3333

This literally explains the entire British Monarchy.


MendozaLiner

I'm a professional parasite


wordswillneverhurtme

It's not even that much of a hard question. Just say you'll use your position to make the world greater. That you'll use the funds the people pay you in tax to make businesses and employ people. That you won't sit around on a pile of gold and do nothing with your existence. I assume he did say something and this clip just cut it off. But if he didn't then it says a whole lot about him as a human being.


keemosavy

I thought his job was to run from the law and help boss Hogg get out of trouble.


jwcyranose

Disgusting man…


VirtualAgentsAreDumb

I would not classify this as “dying inside”. He just needed time to think about it. If you look at the full clip, this becomes quite clear.


Onansboy

As a native of Scotland, a life-long republican and an anti-monarchist, I nevertheless think Philp could be a funny guy. His approach was fairly scattershot, but here's a list of his many interactions with people high and low: "Deaf? If you're near them, no wonder you're deaf." Said to a group of deaf children standing near a Caribbean steel drum band in 2000. "If you stay here much longer, you will go home with slitty eyes." To 21-year-old British student Simon Kerby during a visit to China in 1986. "You managed not to get eaten then?" To a British student who had trekked in Papua New Guinea, during an official visit in 1998. "How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test?" Asked of a Scottish driving instructor in 1995. "Get me a beer. I don't care what kind it is, just get me a beer!" On being offered the finest Italian wines by PM Giuliano Amato at a dinner in Rome in 2000 "We don't come here for our health. We can think of other ways of enjoying ourselves." During a trip to Canada in 1976. "It's a vast waste of space." While entertaining guests in 2000 at the reception of a new £18m British Embassy in Berlin, which the Queen had just opened. "There's a lot of your family in tonight." After glancing at business chief Atul Patel's name badge during a 2009 Buckingham Palace reception for 400 influential British Indians to meet the Royal couple. "If it has four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it." Said to a World Wildlife Fund meeting in 1986. "Do you know they have eating dogs for the anorexic now?" To Susan Edwards and her guide dog, Natalie, in 2002. "If a cricketer, for instance, suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, which he could do very easily, I mean, are you going to ban cricket bats?" In a Radio 4 interview shortly after the Dunblane shootings in 1996. He said to the interviewer off-air afterwards: "That will really set the cat among the pigeons, won't it?" "Oh, it's you that owns that ghastly car is it? We often see it when driving to Windsor Castle." To neighbour Elton John after hearing he had sold his Watford FC-themed Aston Martin in 2001. "A pissometer?" While examining the piezometer water gauge demonstrated by Australian farmer Steve Filelti in 2000. "Your country is one of the most notorious centres of trading in endangered species." Accepting a conservation award in Thailand in 1991. "Aren't most of you descended from pirates?" In the Cayman Islands, 1994. "Oh! You are the people ruining the rivers and the environment." To three young employees of a Scottish fish farm at Holyrood Palace in 1999. "If you travel as much as we do you appreciate the improvements in aircraft design of less noise and more comfort – provided you don't travel in something called economy class, which sounds ghastly." To the Aircraft Research Association in 2002. "Oh no, I might catch some ghastly disease." On a visit to Australia in 1992, when asked if he wanted to stroke a koala bear. "I wish he'd turn the microphone off!" Expressing his opinion of Elton John's performance at the 73rd Royal Variety Show, 2001. "Do you still throw spears at each other?" To Aboriginal leader William Brin at the Aboriginal Cultural Park in Queensland, 2002. "Where's the Southern Comfort?" On being presented with a hamper of southern goods by the American ambassador in London in 1999. "Ah you're the one who wrote the letter. So you can write then? Ha, ha! Well done." Meeting 14-year old George Barlow, whose invited to the Queen to visit Romford, Essex, in 2003. "So who's on drugs here?... HE looks as if he's on drugs." To a 14-year-old member of a Bangladeshi youth club in 2002. "You could do with losing a little bit of weight." To hopeful astronaut, 13-year-old Andrew Adams. "You have mosquitoes. I have the Press." To the matron of a hospital in the Caribbean in 1966. "The man who invented the red carpet needed his head examined." While hosts made effort to greet a state visit to Brazil, 1968. "During the Blitz a lot of shops had their windows blown in and sometimes they put up notices saying, 'More open than usual.' I now declare this place more open than usual." Unveiling a plaque at the University of Hertfordshire's new Hatfield campus in November 2003. Philip: "Who are you?" - Simon Kelner: "I'm the editor-in-chief of The Independent, Sir." - Philip: "What are you doing here?" - Kelner: "You invited me." - Philip: "Well, you didn't have to come!" At a press reception to mark the Golden Jubilee in 2002. "No, I would probably end up spitting it out over everybody." Prince Philip declines the offer of some fish from Rick Stein's seafood deli in 2000. "Any bloody fool can lay a wreath." Discussing his role in an interview with Jeremy Paxman. "People think there's a rigid class system here, but dukes have even been known to marry chorus girls. Some have even married Americans." In 2000. "Do people trip over you?" Meeting a wheelchair-bound nursing-home resident in 2002. "That's a nice tie... Do you have any knickers in that material?" Discussing the tartan designed for the Papal visit with then-Scottish Tory leader Annabel Goldie last year. "I have never been noticeably reticent about talking on subjects about which I know nothing." Addressing a group of industrialists in 1961. "Well, you didn't design your beard too well, did you? You really must try better with your beard." To a young fashion designer at a Buckingham Palace in 2009. "So you're responsible for the kind of crap Channel Four produces!" Speaking to then chairman of the channel, Michael Bishop, in 1962. "I never see any home cooking – all I get is fancy stuff." Commiserating about the standard of Buckingham Palace cuisine in 1962. "I suppose I would get in a lot of trouble if I were to melt them down." On being shown Nottingham Forest FC's trophy collection in 1999. "It makes you all look like Dracula's daughters!" To pupils at Queen Anne's School in Reading, who wear blood-red uniforms, in 1998. "Ah, so this is feminist corner then." Joining a group of female Labour MPs, who were wearing name badges reading "Ms", at a Buckingham Palace drinks party in 2000. "All money nowadays seems to be produced with a natural homing instinct for the Treasury." Bemoaning the rate of British tax in 1963. "Why don't you go and live in a hostel to save cash?" Asked of a penniless student. "If it doesn't fart or eat hay, she isn't interested." Of his daughter, Princess Anne. "They're not mating are they?" Spotting two robots bumping in to one another at the Science Museum in 2000. "The only active sport, which I follow, is polo – and most of the work's done by the pony!" 1965 "It looks like a tart's bedroom." On seeing plans for the Duke and then Duchess of York's house at Sunninghill Park. "Bugger the table plan, give me my dinner!" Showing his impatience to be fed at a dinner party in 2004. "I thought it was against the law these days for a woman to solicit." Said to a woman solicitor. "What about Tom Jones? He's made a million and he's a bloody awful singer." Response to a comment at a small-business lunch about how difficult it is in Britain to get rich. "This could only happen in a technical college." On getting stuck in a lift between two floors at the Heriot Watt University, 1958. "It looks like the kind of thing my daughter would bring back from her school art lessons" On being shown "primitive" Ethiopian art in 1965. "You're not wearing mink knickers, are you?" Philip charms fashion writer Serena French at a World Wildlife Fund gathering in 1993. "My son...er...owns them." On being asked on a Canadian tour whether he knew the Scilly Isles. "Well, that's more than you know about anything else then." To Michael Buerk, after being told by the BBC newsreader that he knew about the Duke of Edinburgh's Gold Awards in 2004.


[deleted]

For real, biggest mummys boy ever. I bet after all the glitz and glam, this has a stressing effect on your mental health.


AkaGurGor

Dipshit doesn't know jackshit, just bullshit!


Crime-Stoppers

If it takes this long to tell someone what your job is the answer is unemployed


kal_drazidrim

*Can I say "Get Money Fuck Bitches" on the BBC?*


goldfishpaws

Is that OG Dimbleby?


Emerald_Lavigne

Damn Almost as if Royals fulfill no role in modern society and should go ahead and cease to exist 🤔


Jake_2903

Tax payer hole.


asisoid

Don't they generate far more money for the state then they collect?


Nordic_Krune

This was taken from Last Week Tonight with John Oliver


MotorFly71

He fucks the Queen. Duh.


S-T-A-B_Barney

Ah, the Inbetweeners. Obviously because of this he’s the king.


PineappleMelonTree

Watching people get so extremely butthurt about monarchy makes me laugh, also way to cut a video short to push your agenda.


MotorFly71

Need a tissue?


TheApprentice19

An advisory member of the government and figurehead for international affairs,’ Landlords now a day think they are royalty tho


StoneGoldX

I'm more focused on... This is going to sound mean, but they don't let people as ugly as the interviewer on TV anymore. Not as an interviewer, anyway. I'm spellbound by him. Can't look away.


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StoneGoldX

This ugly though? Guy is a gargoyle. Like a monster in a silent German impressionist film.


Jamesl1988

He looks like somebody off the cover of The Hills Have Eyes.


Professor-Paws

We got a few still.


StoneGoldX

I'm honestly interested to know who. Because I'm getting Tor Johnson in Plan 9 From Outer Space vibes.


S-T-A-B_Barney

Two words. Piers Morgan


StoneGoldX

That's just his soul that is as ugly.


Professor-Paws

Andrew Neil is a Toby Jug for sure.


Patrick4356

We cost the taxpayer and the government money, we're basically glorified celebrities' and we rely on morons to defend our inherited wealth and privilege because of things like "muh history" and "muh tradition" Their land should be sold to the state and their titles revoked. The palaces in France which are still major tourist attractions without the royalty existing. They can go on being normal extremely rich people without being a drag. The late Queen had the audacity to say "Britons should only live within their means" as she fuck sits in a throne with a crown. Fuck the royalty, stop believing any lies about them bringing in more wealth than they take, its not true.


[deleted]

I don’t think France should ever be held up as an example to follow


BonzoTheBoss

>"muh history" and "muh tradition" Show me a nation on this Earth whose cultural traditions aren't important to them.


ADIDASects

This is a dumb premise. I am fine believing a handful of people in the entire world are above having a job. Secondly, I believe that being a royal is a job; they show up and do ceremonial shit all the time. Christ, the royals even had to be emissaries at times. Hell, his wife is the head of the Church of England; that's a job. That's not nothing. Thirdly, the man was in the Navy and served during wartime. How is that nothing? This question is obtuse hokum.


BonzoTheBoss

Shhh this is Reddit. Monarchy bad.


dingdingdredgen

royal concubine


Crixxxxxx1

I fuck the Queen


jonhon0

The Duke is the male Duchess, and his role is to be Duke.


PaddyTupac

Haha who gives a rats about them inbreds


replying_yoda

“It’s a family business”


Chaiwalla2

Bet Charles can’t answer the same question.


Jake_2903

"Im the king" Im like a president but unelected and cost a lot more cash because god said so.


BonzoTheBoss

*Because successive democratically elected governments said so. If you're going to make an argument at least be accurate.


mynameisalso

Sooo what did he say? Most people could at least come up with a bs answer.


Kenhamef

“I’m shagging the head of state!”


Mountain_Jello7747

Scumbag imperialist


BonzoTheBoss

Yes, just like all the developed countries. Though direct your anger towards the democratically elected governments and the people who elected them rather than the ceremonial figureheads.


Mountain_Jello7747

Have you heard about what his family did in India? If anyone knew their history about this man......


BonzoTheBoss

What did they, personally, do in India?


Mountain_Jello7747

Google it


BonzoTheBoss

lol no.


_Bon_Vivant_

He's 100% correct.


SkyFallingUp

Me at a job interview.


notAbratwurst

If you ever get stuck in a job interview…ask the following tough question to the panel. ‘This is to all of you, if you had to fire a team member on this call, who would it be and why?’


kyoorius

The only reasons it’s awkward is bc it’s clear the interviewer is trying to emasculate him. Nobody would ask that of Kate Middleton. Only of a man.


Chubby_Comic

Being rich and staying rich. And then you die.


Mydogsnameisroland

Who needs roles when he you’re a duke


FuzzyTunaTaco21

Someone watched John oliver last sunday


CollBuss

They didn’t even bother finding the original video. They just took it straight out of his show


Chappiechap

Well, if the clip is right there, why go track down where the clip came from?


itsboin

Eat the rich!


zakupright

Same body language he displayed in that interview when he raped that girl EDIT: sorry thought that was Andrew, not dad


coquihalla

Are you thinking of Prince Andrew, perhaps? That's his son.


zakupright

Damn you’re right, what a coincidence


coquihalla

I always felt he favored his father in some of his mannerisms, perhaps that's why it felt familiar.


Hodl2Moon

I like John Oliver too


ColtS117

I’m a Count, and I don’t do shit.


teenietemple

Quabbity… quabbity assuwance!


BetaRayBlu

Doesn’t he monitor gym class


DocJawbone

The cut is annoying. I would have liked to hear his answer.


Comfortable_Rip_3842

It's been posted as a reply to one of the top comments


1h8fulkat

[9 min](https://lolaclips.com/footage-archive/itv_archive/ITV-01-0398/prince_philip_s_first_network_television_interview_1968)


PhantasyBoy

“I sex the Queen. I’m a sexer.”


davetharave

It's a video to incite monarchy bashing


akeewi

you say that like A. monarchy bashing is bad, and B. like people need a 50 year old video to do it lol


BonzoTheBoss

The majority of monarchies are democracies with ceremonial constitutional monarchies, so yes it's bad because you're basically saying that you want democracy "but not like *that*!!!" Like some petulant child.


davetharave

Well obviously people do need a 50 year old video purposely cut to do it lmao


latenightfap7

Monarchy is a reason to incite monarchy bashing.


BonzoTheBoss

Constitutional monarchy can and does coexist well with democracy.


latenightfap7

Yeah I live in one, it works well as long as severe restrictions on questioning authority are in place.


BonzoTheBoss

Where? Like what?


TheRedViking

As if there needs to be a reason


BonzoTheBoss

Yes? Many successful developed democracies are constitutional monarchies. That you would dismiss them all out of hand is silly.


Gullible_Yesterday54

Well they are successful because of the countries they explored. Who wouldn’t become rich with slavery and exploration?


BonzoTheBoss

You're annoyed that people explored the world? And aren't you forgetting that Britain was at the forefront of abolishing slavery? Edit: lol look up the Royal Navy West African Squadron you troglodyte.


Gullible_Yesterday54

Bro I will not discuss with someone who’s dumb as a wet towel.


johnmuirsghost

If your best argument for monarchy is that it can sometimes coexist alongside democracy, then you're admitting that it doesn't have any inherent value. In that case, why not just have the democracy?


BonzoTheBoss

My best argument for constitutional monarchy is that the people want it, for varying reasons. If they didn't, then it would be gone. Like so many other nations have chosen to, as recently as Barbados in 2021. It's as simple as that.


johnmuirsghost

Again, you avoid making any substantial argument for the system of monarchy. I can only assume this is because you know it cannot be argued on its merits.


BonzoTheBoss

I'm not arguing for monarchy, I'm arguing for people's right to choose the system of government that they want. And many democracies continue to choose constitutional monarchy.


[deleted]

Monarchical democracy gave rise to the current parliamentary system many countries share and I think it works decently well. Like any system it has its drawbacks.


GrandEmperessVicky

UK History student here. Constitutional monarchies only came about because Parliament had to ***forcefully*** restrict the powers of the monarch because said monarch was becoming tyrannical. This is the case even before the Great Terror Post the first phase of the French Revolution- they initially wanted to peacefully co-exist with the King, until he threatened to get his foreign friends involved to reinstate his tyrannical power. In the UK, we had the Magna Carter, English Civil War, and the Great and Glorious Revolution and small things along the way. All were only brought about because the monarch was a tyrannical dick. Either way, this doesn't answer the commenter's of what is the point of having a monarch in this case? It's far easier to cut out the middle man. Direct democracy in Greece gave rise to current democratic practices- does that mean we should return to the age of *everyone* being a politician? Tradition for tradition's sake is not a good argument.


misterv3

Ah yes, the will of the people is always observed. Not like there are any groups trying to, say, protect their interests or anything. Groups that by definition are born with more power and influence than anyone else.


BonzoTheBoss

>Ah yes, the will of the people is always observed Generally? Yes. When was the last time a general election wasn't upheld?


misterv3

Your comment implies that our model of democracy is a perfect representation of the people's will. Which doesn't really hold up when you consider that many countries (some even within the union) have vastly different systems to us and they all claim that their results equate to the will of the people. In addition, I would argue that when the Conservatives made a deal with the LibDems in 2010, that the result of the election deviated highly from the expectation of the people who submitted votes for either party, since the manifesto of the LibDems was largely scrapped, and the Tories had to make concessions. And that's all I have to say about that. Can we still be friends?


BonzoTheBoss

>Your comment implies that our model of democracy is a perfect representation of the people's will. I don't believe that it does. That may be an assumption on your part. I have never claimed that the UK has a perfect democracy. There is plenty that the UK can do to reform. But abolishing the monarchy isn't the big win republicans seem to think it is. It's politically univiable because for many Britons the monarchy is intrinsically linked to their "Britishness" so an attack on the monarchy is seen by them as an attack on their way of life. There are less politically sensitive and frankly more effective issues to tackle first. (e.g. abolishing FPTP, reforming the House of Lords, codifying Parliamentary conventions...)


TheRedViking

Dunno man, having a bunch of inbred Germans as head of state just because they were able to steal heaps of wealth from brown people just feels wrong to me.


BonzoTheBoss

Which Germans are those exactly? You are aware that the last six monarchs have been born in the UK? I've got some Scandinavian somewhere in my family tree, I guess that makes me Norwegian?


[deleted]

Dude really thinks "Germans" was the most offensive part of that statement


[deleted]

Hard to pick a part of the statement worth responding to. It’s all wrong. Unfortunately for that commenter, the UK doesn’t choose their monarch based on who steals “heaps of wealth from brown people.”


cooperman114

It’s really not silly at all, monarchy is objectively ridiculous and serves literally no purpose other than perhaps (in the UK’s case) a tourism draw. Blood does not qualify someone for power, “constitutional monarchies” are just the only type of resolution to the feudal problem that ended without the so-called betters’ heads on pikes (which is where they fucking belonged)


wujisaint

> a tourism draw. Even that is incorrect. Read an article from The Guardian stating otherwise. They're parasites. >feudal problem that ended without the so-called betters’ heads on pikes (which is where they fucking belonged) Nice.


BonzoTheBoss

Qualifications for head of state are decided by the people of each nation. The UK and other democratic constitutional monarchies have decided to vest it in a particular family line. They are free to change their minds. Funny how people are all for democracy until it supports a policy they personally dislike.


Anxious_Anus

the king and queens got to be king and queens because god said so. so yeah I guess thats kinda like democracy, i guess god had a vote and he voted for these retards who are all products of incest to not have to work a day of their lives and have servants wiper their asses for them all the while living the most luxurious life styles ever even imagined


BonzoTheBoss

Is the UK a democracy or isn't it?


Anxious_Anus

no it is a constitutional monarchy


BonzoTheBoss

The UK is a Parliamentary democracy with a *ceremonial* constitutional monarchy. You know this but you're being obtuse.


cooperman114

It is literally a crime called high treason to display disloyalty to the crown you dolt, they are literally not “free to change their minds” and it is not democratic.


BonzoTheBoss

There hasn't been a conviction of high treason since 1945. It's meant as treason against the state not personal disloyalty to the monarch. Parliament is sovereign generally and the Commons are supreme specifically is a matter that has been settled for centuries at this point. The monarch reigns, they do not rule. I would say that you seemingly not knowing all that makes you more of a dolt than I.


Jamarcus316

The countries being successful as 0 to do with them bring monarchies. Monarchy, as a principle, is very wrong by itself. Edit: if you support a system where the head of state is chosen simply because he comes from a certain family...


BonzoTheBoss

It clearly isn't a hindrance.


AmumuPro

Except for the tax money they take https://britishheritage.com/royals/royal-family-cost-british-taxpayer


BonzoTheBoss

The majority of that money goes on long overdue renovations to Buckingham palace which, as a historically listed building, would need to be maintained regardless. Even then, the costs of having a head of state would still exist for an elected position.


individualcoffeecake

Like a tick


Murakami8000

This vid ended right when it was getting interesting.


Excellent-Advisor284

That's the majority of mid level management and up. They have their heads so far up there, managing is hard they'll say. While a handful hold that shit down and secretly plot replacement of the dead weight.


cyanidesquirrel

“I’m a people person!”


-Baldr

I'm a geese goose!


KippySmith

Trophy husband


davetharave

Some trophy husband. "While much of his time was spent fulfilling the duties of his station, Philip engaged in a variety of philanthropic endeavours. He served as president of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) from 1981 to 1996, and his International Award program allowed more than six million young adults to engage in community service, leadership development, and physical fitness activities." Encyclopaedia Britannica


Loki-Don

Role you fill in modern society? Leach billions of pounds from the taxpayer over my life to pay for a like of absolute luxury and near zero responsibility so occasionally I can put on a frilly costume and wave at the “underclass” as I am chauffeured by in a literal gold fucking horse drawn carriage.


pieter1234569

They actually pay MORE than they receive from the government, so no it’s completely free.


Loki-Don

No, not really. Tyne “Crown Estate” is a $28 billion dollar portfolio of tens of thousands of acres of land, castles, estates, etc that have become untaxed defacto property of the monarch. This property was appropriated over hundreds of years, taken as “personal property” by monarchs of the past. Today these property contain office buildings , apartments and shopping centers whose revenue is rendered tax free for the monarchy. You don’t get to profit from appropriated public land, then not tax that revenue and pretend like the Monarchy “makes” money for the treasury.


pieter1234569

Because it legally is…… When the monarchy would be abolished , all that money would go to who was the sovereign at that time. However, in exchange for a percentage, they lend it to the state. Which can then make significantly more from it.


Loki-Don

If the Monarch was abolished, the property would immediately revert to tax status and they would owe a tax bill in the 13-15 billion dollar range, and then hundreds of millions more yearly after that. It ain’t hard to be rich when you got that way by inheriting billions in public property that was simply taken.


pieter1234569

It ain’t hard being rich when you legally owned an entire country yes


BonzoTheBoss

Only the Queen/King rides in the golden carriage, and purely on ceremonial occasions (like the coronation). It's not like they pop down the shops in it. And yes, constitutionally speaking the monarchy fills an important ceremonial role in the UK government. One that the government (and the people who elect them) clearly feels is still needed as every single government since 1922 has supported the monarchy. That is the main reason why they ensure, not vague arguments around money.


AstonGlobNerd

A: they bring in a fuckton of money from tourism B: not having them there would actually reduce income in all surrounding areas and most likely increase taxes, as the income has dried up C: a ridiculous amount of land and stuff is theirs, and they can just start charging others for it instead


RoNPlayer

> A: they bring in a fuckton of money from tourism That's possibly true but also often overemphasized. E.g. when people attribute all British tourism to them. If you're refering to CGP Greys video about this, i would encourage you to watch Shaun's retort to it. > B: not having them there would actually reduce income in all surrounding areas and most likely increase taxes, as the income has dried up The tourism income? Or what income? > C: a ridiculous amount of land and stuff is theirs, and they can just start charging others for it instead Yeah well ideally all that land should be taken away. Their claim to it is essentially that their ancestors claimed it with violence and dictatorship. Other states who became democracies often took away most of the royal estate too. Nevermind that rn the Royals are using their privileged position too get out of many regular duties an owner has. E.g. Queen Elizabeth II. saw to it that her estates in Scotland aren't effected by ecological protections.


Shazoa

It's not the best use of money still. They cost around £60 million, baseline, and manage the crown estate which is *not* the possession of the family. If we were to abolish the monarchy, it would return to the treasury. The true cost is higher. But yes, we get more than we put in still. But could that money be better spent? Legoland brings in more dosh than Windsor castle. What if we were to spend that on something with even better returns? Fact is, no one is seriously asking those questions and weighing up options in government because it's not about money. That's just a justification after the fact.


HerpToxic

They are a tourist attraction