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    I actually think it’s one of the better choices they could have made. I don’t know much about the other possible candidates but i suspect that they would have been generally on the older side. For a political and religious leader he is quite young which is a good thing because you don’t want to end up in a perpetual gerontocracy.

    Having someone younger could re-vitalize the whole system and inject much needed energy and impetus, and maybe be less conservative and cautious.

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      My fear of nepotism is strong. But then I think of the descriptions of how the late Leader lived, with his simple furnishings and modest home and it makes me more confident. He lived in a simple way and rejected luxury that so easily could have been his. A man who does that probably isn’t going to raise an entitled asshole son and if he somehow did he would have made sure people knew not to put his asshole son in power.