[abirch]

I understand why people are frustrated with the current system in general. You wouldn't design it this way. We need more young politicians shaping the laws and more entrepreneurs improving society.

[inigyou]

That can't happen, because political positions are basically hereditary. Do you know what happened to every other hereditary political system?

[AnimalMuppet]

I call baloney. What percentage of the US Congress and governors, say, are people whose parents were in Congress and/or governors? I have no hard data, but my gut feel is less than 25%. That's basically not hereditary.

Anyone with hard data, step right up...

[scarecrowbob]

I get that it's a single case, but Darlene Graham did just take Lindsey Graham's spot, like, yesterday.

[inigyou]

not literally parent-child hereditary but I mean the political class decides who succeeds itself