Who gives a shit about tax-policies anyway? LotR was supposed to be a fantasy about good fighting evil and winning.
No one that matters cares about this nitpicky crap.
Hating Christianity is disgustingly common, and the people most to blame to it were hysterical lefttard women who believed that nerdy activities were satanic in their nature, something the MSM gleefully stroked the flames of.
Man, I really want to read a story, where any given nation in its medival state is placed between Westeros and Essos as an island.
See how the british islands, france, or Prussian Germany would deal with the clusterfuck that are Westeros and Essos.
It's not about the smallfolks or gold, it's about the disrespect shown towards the property of said lord. If Tywin pulled that shit with actual people, he would end up with no villages at his border real quick.
That kind of stuff is staggering in its arrogance. You would expect lords to try and ambush Clegano and turn him into a pincushion for massacring yet another of his villages.
Cersei is unintentionally the ultimate fuck you to atheists everywhere. As for "Thou shalt not kill", that's a misstranslation.
It's "Thou shalt not murder", which fits better with the actions the hebrew tribes took to conquer Israel.