I guess my question is specific to the british royal family.

I saw a post online that said “God save the King” and had a photo of the king. The idea of a monarch or reverence for any other type of leader simply because they are the leader is outside of my experience.

I’m not here to disagree or argue, please don’t feel like you need to justify or convince me. I can accept that people value different things.

I would like to understand the appeal the monarchy or even specifically King Charles has for people who respect and support the monarchy.

  • Arcanepotato@crazypeople.onlineOPEnglish
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    13 days ago

    Thank you. The appeal of stability makes sense.

    I really hope this doesn’t sound like arguing, but you mention “they have a personal interest in keeping the country functional and prosperous for the next centuries”. That made me think of places or eras where they got taxes or “rent” from the citizens. I guess this means the citizens accept this as the price?

    • Pommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.org
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      13 days ago

      I personally don’t know of any country where the royalty gets tax money directly.

      But I’m not an expert.

      They do usually own lots of land which creates income that would go to the state instead, if they abolished the monarchy and nationalized their property.

      • Arcanepotato@crazypeople.onlineOPEnglish
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        13 days ago

        Would it be fair to say that the income they have from their position (i.e income from land) is seen as fairly derived and a fair amount?

        • Pommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.org
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          13 days ago

          I wouldn’t call it fairly derived.
          It’s all inherited from people who have stolen the land by pointing sharp sticks at its former owners.
          Some Brits say it’s a fair amount, since supposedly the monarchy draws in more money from tourism than it costs.

          No idea, really. In Germany we abolished the monarchy but let them keep their lands, so we have the worst of both worlds.
          And it’s even worse with the church: Their real estate was nationalized in 1803, and the state agreed to pay reparations for it, perpetually. So now they get hundreds of millions of € per year from the state, and that’s been going on for 223 years with no end in sight.