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nickik · 2013-03-05 · Original thread
This is actually very, very wrong. Goverment structure often changes a hole lot if it becomes known that a leader has a terminal illness. The dictator/king or whatever is the one distributing the goods between his cronys that make up his powerstructure, as soon as a illness becomes known everybody knows that things are about to change and the infighting starts.

Revolution are not always bottom up, I would even say they are usually not bottom up. Most of the time the goverment changes because of political infighting. This holdes true for all kinds of organiational structures.

Cases where this has happend are well documented, for example in this book: - The Logic of Political Survival (http://www.amazon.com/Logic-Political-Survival-Bruce-Mesquit...)

The books is quite heavy so I would suggest this podcast on the same subject with the author: - The Political Economy of Power http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2006/08/the_political_e.htm...

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