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[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

It's actually worse. For centuries, the winning prince would kill their siblings (and sometimes, their children too) to avoid a future insurrection.

A peaceful transfer of power was when there was nobody left alive to challenge the transfer.

Good times.