2y ago

Dutch king and queen are confronted by angry protesters on visit to a slavery museum in South Africa

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- Sadly yes
  
  Do they actually hold power or is it more like england with using them as trashy entertainment?
- We really want to get rid of them though
  
  Some people want to red rid of them, but by far more people want to keep it, 55% for the monarchy vs 24% for a republic
  https://nos.nl/artikel/2471469-nog-geen-herstel-vertrouwen-in-koning-willem-alexander-na-sterke-daling-in-coronajaren
- Yes we do,
  However they don't hold much power over the day to day workings of the country.
  The current monarch is essentially an ambassador that travels around the world for state visits and diplomatic talks. Similar to what a president and foreign minister would do.
  I doubt support for the royals would be so high if not for all the national and international PR work that they do.
  
  Do they frequently go on poverty tourism to enjoy the spectacle of cultures their people have destroyed? It's that helpful to your country?
There reminiscing about the good old days I asume
- The dutch are NOT well remembered in South Africa, imagine if the confederates were their own ethnicity and that's a basic picture of how South africa views the dutch segment historically.
  AFAIK now Afrikaaners are seen as ok enough as long as they don't do shit like US southerners still butthurt about the civil war do.
- People are still angry their ancestors were tortured due to the actions of these two. Are you daft???
- I hope their death weighs on your conscience
Of all the places to go and things to see and do why there? Cheap flights to South Africa?
- It was a state visit.
- ...What? Can't you read?

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