[overvale]

> It turns out hereditary succession is not a good way to choose a competent political leader.

I'm not sure republics have cracked that one either.

[thaumasiotes]

I read that at some point the system in Turkey devolved to the point that succession was always determined by a civil war.

This produced a very long string of extremely competent leaders, but the cost was too high.

[nntwozz]

Let's try technocracy!