The immediate reaction to the caption could be, “So what’s new?” Since the recording of human history, nepotism has prevailed in some form or the other.

Monarchies are classic examples of the best and which actually is the worst type of nepotism. One incompetent monarch passes the baton to another equally, if not more, incompetent heir. In history, rarely have the progeny brought any good name to the ancestors. They mostly have despoiled any good name the ancestor may have achieved. Each successor has been worse than the predecessor.

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Nepotism, the word, is Latin and means “nephew”….. no other word could best describe the explicit meaning than this …. unfair and biased practices to favour relationships is the criteria. The methodology for the institution and promotion of nepotism involves the hiring of the less qualified or by making amendments to the hiring criteria for a particular position.

Monarchies prevail because people (read masses) succumb to either fear or favour. Those who resist the system that promotes and encourages nepotism are handed down severe punishments, including social isolation. Those who are not beneficiaries of the leader’s acceptance, society reacts to them by distancing themselves from those who are looked at as outcasts of the system.

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Those few handful upon whom the leader/monarch bestows wealth, power, pelf and fame, enjoy the status of being sought by society. The leader/monarch then expects of these “elites” to unleash themselves with terror and fear upon the weak, poor and oppressed. This is done with method, exactitude and objectives.

Nepotism prevalent is justified by a million alibis for its evil nature. Men bribe........

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