As an American, this was fascinating. Hard to believe that what happened to Elizabeth Bennet's fictional family could still happen in 2020 England! "The law of England currently says that one of these children is worth more than the other. And that simply isn’t right." Too true!
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Why can't it be assigned by will, or sold to a willing buyer?
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Well, for one, it's illegal.
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For that matter, isn't primogeniture itself obviously discrimination Why the hell should the title go automatically to the oldest sibling? Why can't they share, why can't the parent choose, isn't it fucked up and medieval to say the firstborn is the "best" or "truest" child
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But you don't find many people talking about this because the whole thing is fucking stupid The *idea* of the aristocratic title is inherently offensive and regressive and trying to fix it just emphasizes that fact
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Indeed, why are these things not addressed? We are not at odds here.
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All titles should be abolished, starting with the monarchy
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