If this surprises anyone, you just need to read a little bit of history to catch on. This is the way that the aristocracy has passed on power for millennia. The "great experiment" that is the USA is the first country to throw off the yoke of the aristocracy.
Recall Ben Franklin's famous response to the question after the constitutional convention "Well, Sir, Do we have a monarchy or a republic". His answer was "A Republic. If you can keep it." He knew that the inbred aristocracy would continually claw at our constitution... and they have.
If this surprises anyone, you just need to read a little bit of history to catch on. This is the way that the aristocracy has passed on power for millennia. The "great experiment" that is the USA is the first country to throw off the yoke of the aristocracy.
Recall Ben Franklin's famous response to the question after the constitutional convention "Well, Sir, Do we have a monarchy or a republic". His answer was "A Republic. If you can keep it." He knew that the inbred aristocracy would continually claw at our constitution... and they have.