Several Chinese dynasties had the same system. Secession passed from brother to brother within a generation and then when the last brother died, the secession went to the oldest son of the oldest brother.
Arguably, it made for a more stable system. In a system where the secession went directly to the next generation, brothers and nephews of the dead king would see power being passed to a younger man and know they were pretty much out of the running - and might start thinking about rising in revolt. But in a brother-to-brother secession, the younger guys could console themselves by thinking those kings were old and, if they bided their time, the secession might swing back to their branch of the family. By diffusing the secession more widely, it discouraged family civil wars.
That’s strange, being on the board with zero points. I think I missed her because when it was mentioned here I looked under Morales, rather than Rosado.
Noooooooo! I grew up watching Ernie play at Wrigley. He is the only shortstop in MLB history to win back to back MVP awards as a shortstop. A sad day indeedy. I almost caught his 498th home run in the left field bleachers.
This made me genuinely sad, and not because he wasn’t on my list. I’ve been a Cubs fan since I was old enough to know what a baseball is. RIP Ernie, let’s play two!
