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Nepotistic succession in the political class A large, and rapidly growing, percentage of high elected officials are part of politically powerful families. What accounts for this anti-democratic dynamic?
  • Kathleen L.

    Aren't you forgetting someone? Weren't there ne or two other guys named "Bush" in public life whose collective family fortune and combined political and financial network enabled a complete and utter waste of DNA to become President in the first place?

    From the post: "And, of course, the current President on his way out was the son of a former President and grandson of a former U.S. Senator."

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