• Dolores [love/loves]@hexbear.net
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    11 months ago

    i think it’s fairly normal procedure to have a list of heads to organize the next election in case of death/expulsion–ending out terms in a mega-powerful office like the presidency is probably an exceptional(ly stupid) american example, but it doesn’t mean everyone in that line of succession would pick up the proverbial sword as their predecessors are captured or killed in a losing war. i feel like losing your head of state is a pretty dire indictment of your military situation in a modern country where civil leaders, even upper military command, are generally nowhere near the battlefront, yknow?