• dnick@sh.itjust.works
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    6 days ago

    Because killing a leader without a plan for who will replace them isn’t very efficient. A leader, unless he is particularly skilled, is rarely string enough to actually have that big of an influence but it’s enabled by the institutions. The only way to change the institutions is weakening the ones you want to weaken.

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      4 days ago

      Because killing a leader without a plan for who will replace them isn’t very efficient

      And often leads to a worse leader seizing power out of the chaos and power vacuum that the assassination created.