There's a couple of things to consider when thinking about this.
Firstly, dividing the total by the number of tax payers and concluding that everyone should pay £569 is misleading. Wealthy people pay far more tax than most people (still not enough IMHO!) and as such the per-person cost is wildly different for everyone too.
Secondly, consider your position - your chances of success, and the possible range of success, depends hugely on your parents' circumstances and those of other close people in your life.
So we have this clear chain of success breeding success - wealthy people can afford to give their children the kind of start in life that us poor spuds can only dream of.
A huge number of wealthy families used slavery to amass and increase their wealth massively. These families are still wealthy, still benefitting from the leg-up they were given on the backs of slaves.
These families are the ones who, ultimately through tax, would end up contributing the most. Us plebs would be paying relatively little.
Even if your family didn't own slaves, or exploit them directly, they'll almost certainly have benefited from their existence. I live in a mill town north of Manchester - the very reason for this town's existence is cotton, ultimately picked by slaves abroad. The money came from businesses and trade that relied on slavery.
If you're using cameras, you could just use a prop to visually separate you from your character. Glasses/monocle, cigarette/pipe, an eyepatch you can flip up or down, etc.
The act of deploying the prop would also help as a reminder to use whatever affectations you might want to when speaking too. When you want to go back to speaking OOC, you can just put the prop down.
buy a house to give to each of my kids when they're older
fund a houses for homeless people build initiative
fund an old people's retirement care initiative
That's it.
People sitting on huge piles of money like selfish old dragons are the reason that the world is in the state it is. Money only helps people when it is spent.
I'd imagine history has a huge amount to do with this.
In Britain, the age of consent is 16. The age at which you can get married is also 16.
It's also illegal to sell alcohol to children under 18 (unless alongside a meal, with an adult accompanying them, in which case 16). It's not actually illegal to drink alcohol underage, and it's not uncommon in the slightest for parents to allow their kids to try their drinks at any age.
Britain is an old place though, so I guess things are this way because of centuries, possibly millennia of inertia.
The US is a young country, and as a result the laws are far most maliable - particularly by lobbyists. Puritans push the age limit of 'sinful' things up, capitalists keep the age limit of indulgences low.
I hate to say it, I think you might be in the minority here.
My take has always been that D&D isn't an adversarial game - the DM isn't trying to 'win', they're just trying to keep things entertaining for the players.
The trouble with random is that it doesn't always follow story beats, and doesn't always feel fun.
A big boss not getting any hits in due to bad rolls deminishes the perceived threat, and the ultimate value of the victory. Stupid zombies that just won't stay down despite the fact that everyone is now bored with them can easily be kept down.
As long as you know when to do it, it can be super useful for everyone.
There's a couple of things to consider when thinking about this.
Firstly, dividing the total by the number of tax payers and concluding that everyone should pay £569 is misleading. Wealthy people pay far more tax than most people (still not enough IMHO!) and as such the per-person cost is wildly different for everyone too.
Secondly, consider your position - your chances of success, and the possible range of success, depends hugely on your parents' circumstances and those of other close people in your life.
So we have this clear chain of success breeding success - wealthy people can afford to give their children the kind of start in life that us poor spuds can only dream of.
A huge number of wealthy families used slavery to amass and increase their wealth massively. These families are still wealthy, still benefitting from the leg-up they were given on the backs of slaves.
These families are the ones who, ultimately through tax, would end up contributing the most. Us plebs would be paying relatively little.
Even if your family didn't own slaves, or exploit them directly, they'll almost certainly have benefited from their existence. I live in a mill town north of Manchester - the very reason for this town's existence is cotton, ultimately picked by slaves abroad. The money came from businesses and trade that relied on slavery.