Reply #24: All in the family. Just like the Inca and the Pharaohs.

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Dynastic regimes produce impressive monuments to themselves and the sacrifice of their subjects -- think of a trillion dollars in debt as bricks in a pyramid 600 feet on each side (Dubya built two, just in Iraq) -- but, these incestuous dynasties seem to be terribly prone to producing madmen and defective leaders, and ultimately fall to outside pressure from more innovative competitors.