Comments by "" (@alicemerray) on "Is the UK Ready to Ditch the Monarchy? | Pod Save The UK Podcast" video.

I wonder if there's any possibility of change due to the designated next monarch not wanting to do it? As was pointed out, it doesn't seem like much fun a lot of the time. William seems to be on board, or at least resigned, but what about George? Sure he'll be brought up to think he has no real choice, but that might still not be enough to lock him in. We also need to stop speaking of the reduced-style monarchies of places like Denmark in disparaging terms like "bicycling monarchs" - wtf is wrong with them travelling like regular people?! - before real change can occur. Clive Lewis makes an excellent point about the symbolism of the monarchy. It sends a message of fundamental inequality to the whole country and, of course having a monarch also allows for there to be further ranks of hierarchy - dukes, barons, marquesses &c - all of whom expect to be treated a certain way due purely to accidents of birth (& if you go back far enough, probably to robbery with violence as that's how many of their ancestors got those positions way back when). It's clearly not true that any American child can become President, but the fact that it's sent as a message to the population must be a good thing.
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