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A court of thorns and roses series Question

What is your opinion of the Spring Court's Tithe?

In "A Court of Mist and Fury", it is revealed that the Spring Court enacts an extra tax or "tithe" on its citizens. Here is the exact section describing it :

"“Twice a year, usually around the Summer and Winter Solstices, each member of the Spring Court, whether they’re High Fae or lesser faerie, must pay a Tithe, dependent on their income and status. It’s how we keep the estate running, how we pay for things like sentries and food and servants. In exchange, Tamlin protects them, rules them, helps them when he can. It’s a give or take. This year, he pushed the Tithe back by a month—just to grant them that extra time to gather funds, to celebrate. But soon, emissaries from every group, village, or clan will be arriving to pay their Tithes. As Tamlin’s wife, you will be expected to sit with him. And if they can’t pay … You will be expected to sit there while he metes out judgment. It can get ugly. I’ll be keeping track of who does and doesn’t show up, who doesn’t pay. And afterward, if they fail to pay their Tithe within the three days’ grace he will officially offer them, he’ll be expected to hunt them down. The High Priestesses themselves—Ianthe—grant him sacred hunting rights for this.”"

What is your opinion of this? Do you think this is justified? Do you think there's a better way to go about this? Do you think it's necessary at all?
 x-menobsessed26 posted over a year ago
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