The ruling ritual of riling predecessors

The ruling ritual of trying to punish one's predecessor - through courts with charges as varying as libel, corruption and incitement - whether deserved or not serves the prime function of telling any challenger to the incumbent not to challenge. In the past, such matters could have been dealt with assassinations.

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