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I see the monarchy as a technical debt from experimenting with government models. We ended up something similar to a presidency but also left withe a symbolic h
by hcho 12y ago
I see the monarchy as a technical debt from experimenting with government models. We ended up something similar to a presidency but also left withe a symbolic head of state.
Because cost of removing the technical debt is bigger than the cost of living with it, we just ignore it.
- marquis 12y agoFor what it's worth, the UK government currently makes a healthy profit from the Royal Family. http://relentlesslife.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/the-true-cost-of-the-royal-family-explained/ http://relentlesslife.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/the-true-cost... In video form: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhyYgnhhKFw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhyYgnhhKFw