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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
The whole notion of royalty is so outdated and archaic, I hope we see an abolishment of the monarchy, and all monarchies, in the Western world during my life time.
Someone centuries ago procliamed devine right to rule, and those families have been living in the lap of luxury since then. It's absolutely ridiculous. Makes my blood boil.
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I agree with that notion, but abolishing the Monarchy is not going to change people's lives for the better - it is essentially a publicly-owned tourist mechanism, one
many people are still willing to support).
Every country has their weird investments when it comes to publically-funded ventures. Two I can think of off the top of my head are the U.S. spending $2 million of public funds on other countries's great apes conversation efforts, and spent $2.6 million on studying the drinking habits of Chinese prostitutes.
Government's waste money all the time, unfortunately.