Comment on What's the point of constitutional monarchies? Why even keep the monarchy in place if they aren't even doing anything?

remon@ani.social ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• my_hat_stinks@programming.dev ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The British monarchy primarily “provides” money by owning land and other assets which would otherwise be government-owned. They also “earn” a shitload of money just for existing and still dump significant expenses onto taxpayers.

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  • remon@ani.social ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They provide about 1.5 billion pounts of tourism renevenu per year, far outweighing the sovereign grants they recieve from the the government.

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    • rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You’re telling me the tourists would stop looking at British castles etc. if the UK became a republic?

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      • remon@ani.social ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I’m pretty sure the people calculating the number could distinguish between tourism for castles and the monarachy.

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• lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That’s one way to see it… Countries that got rid of their monarchy, got the money in a more direct way

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  • remon@ani.social ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What do you mean?

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    • zloubida@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They don’t have to give money to receive it back. They just keep it, while still having tourists (cf France).

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    • lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      What do you think happened to the wealth of the French king?

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      • remon@ani.social ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Pretty sure the French King isn’t bringing in any revenue anymore.

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