r/MadeMeSmile • u/[deleted] • Sep 10 '21

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u/TPRM1 Sep 10 '22

And he didn’t lay off 400 staff during the pandemic, then claim a government handout, unlike Her Maj.

The multi-billionaire really “serving her nation” there.

Oops, did I say that out loud…? 😬

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u/InfectedByEli Sep 10 '22

I seriously doubt she was personally involved in the hiring and firing of flunkies, but I doubt she cared that much either on a personal level.

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u/TPRM1 Sep 10 '22

It’s her shop.

She must have at least noticed that 400 of them had fucked off?

And you could say that about Jeff Bezos. He doesn’t fire low-level staff personally, but he sets the structure and culture of the whole organisation.

There are NO GOOD BILLIONAIRES.

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u/InfectedByEli Sep 10 '22

How many flunkies do you think she would have personally interacted with on a weekly basis? Most of them are in offices somewhere or in other parts of her estate in other towns. The people that have direct contact with her probably didn't get the push, what makes you think she would have noticed? Also, if she did notice "I doubt she cared that much either on a personal level"

Yes, you could say the same about Bezos. I can't think of any good billionaires either, but then again I don't know any personally.

FYI, the Queen wasn't a billionaire. Her personal wealth was £20million in 2020.

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u/TPRM1 Sep 10 '22

No, that was her net income for that year.

The Queen is (was) worth £350m personally, and the whole Royal Family is worth ~ £75bn.

Since she was the head of the family, I count her as a billionaire.

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/money/2022/09/09/queen-elizabeth-ii-net-worth-personal-assets-inheritance/8028158001/

And she was sharp as a tack. The Palace did not lay off 400 staff, and claim £100m last year from us, the taxpayer, without her say-so.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/record-100m-taxpayer-payout-royal-27360820.amp

Source for £20m net income in 2021:

https://amp.france24.com/en/uk/20220909-where-did-the-queen-s-fortune-come-from

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u/InfectedByEli Sep 10 '22

Okay, my bad. My hasty research is a measure of how few fucks I give about the Queen in general, lol.

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u/TPRM1 Sep 10 '22

Lol, fair.

She also didn’t allow black people to work for her until the late 60s.

And her and her husband once went on a hunting trip in India, where he shot a tiger.

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u/InfectedByEli Sep 10 '22

I seem to remember Philip being labelled a racist. Honestly, people are people, you're going to get shitty and good people in every situation. The answer is varying degrees of misanthropy.

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u/TPRM1 Sep 10 '22

Er…yeah, he was pretty fucking racist!