Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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What we know as nepotism, favoring a relative for a job or a position of power or really any advantage, because they are your relative, is surely absolutely core to how human societies work today and probably always have. But nepotism and generational access aren't the carrot and stick of dynastic interests and actions alone- normal people are not only affected by nepotism, but are just as prone to it as the ruling class. Let me tell you why.

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