Pete Smissen

And I think that's the sort of most, for me at least, that's kind of the most, I don't know how to describe it, the grossest part about it is that it's just given to a relative, not based on merit or anything like that.

Yeah.

You keep seeing it in, again, these documentaries I'm watching at the moment about Rome.

And I think an example is Marco Aurelius handing over his, you know, the- Being the emperor to- I've been watching it in- Is it Commodus?

His son?

I've been watching it in Portuguese.

So, his name is Commodus in Portuguese.

But just that this guy was so inept, you know.

And the same with like Caligula getting it.

And then, you know, just-

always handing it down, this nepotism.

And it just- It always seemed to be, oh, what I'm worried about is really the country and running the country well, but I'll put all of that at stake to make sure that my lineage is in power.

And you're kind of like, well, what do you care about?

Do you care about your lineage or do you care about-

It's so weird, though, right?

Because it feels like they're just mascots for the country, these rich, wealthy mascots for the country that don't really do anything besides going around and, you know, high-fiving each other and trying to help the poor.

And you're kind of like, what is your purpose now?

Like, you kind of...

And the annoying thing is because countries are now, at least for the most part, so stable, it's not like you're going to have that change over.

No.