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Stripping the Monarchy of their lands goes quite a bit further than just abolishing the monarchy. Removing the right to rule a county is one thing. Stripping a
by kenneth 6y ago
Stripping the Monarchy of their lands goes quite a bit further than just abolishing the monarchy. Removing the right to rule a county is one thing. Stripping a wealthy family from all their holdings seems to go a bit too far by any measure in a civilized society that values the concept of personal property.
- MagnumOpus 6y ago> Stripping a wealthy family from all their holdings An Act of Parliament could just ascertain that the Windsors exempting each other from Inheritance tax was unlawful, and ask the new Republican Revenue & Tax office to assess 40% IHT on every historical generational transfer of assets. Just redressing the historical injustices that the Windsors benefitted from would strangely make them much less rich.
- psychoslave 6y ago>Stripping a wealthy family from all their holdings seems to go a bit too far by any measure in a civilized society that values the concept of personal property. The concept of personal property can perfectly accommodate of a limit in how much a individual person can personally own, especially in regard to the distribution of wealth in the whole population.
- Nullabillity 6y agoDo you let a thief keep the stuff they stole?
- girvo 6y agoHistorically, it seems to depend on how long ago they stole it.
- MockObject 6y agoLogically too, when the crime victims may have died centuries or even millennia ago.