The sons also rise

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/edit/archives/2003/08/27/2003065452

Dynastic dreams offer a way of `banking' the spoils of power with a view to living off the interest later
By Nina Khrushcheva

One Bush has practically succeeded another as America's president,
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For all the theorizing of Plato and Marx, the family seems to prevail unless other social institutions counteract or supersede it. Nepotism, patronage within the family circle, is thus a natural way for anybody in power, or aspiring to it, to strengthen his support in societies where other institutions are weak or non-existent, or where the destruction of existing institutions forms part of the power-grabber's intentions.
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All of this is fine for those who practice nepotism. The problem is that the public's loss is usually far greater than the family's gain. This is not necessarily because ruling families appropriate so much that they impoverish everybody else. Far more damaging is the simple fact that when a closed group monopolizes much of society's power and wealth, initiative and enterprise are stifled in the wider population.

good read!