Really insightful take on the VP succession issue. That Egyptian joke about leaders picking successors dumber than themselves nails the paradox perfectly, and its kinda wild how this pattern shows up cross-culturally. The Yanayev example was particuarly striking I had no idea the bar for being a "known drunk" in Russia was that high.
Really insightful take on the VP succession issue. That Egyptian joke about leaders picking successors dumber than themselves nails the paradox perfectly, and its kinda wild how this pattern shows up cross-culturally. The Yanayev example was particuarly striking I had no idea the bar for being a "known drunk" in Russia was that high.
The joke is that in Russia, since being a drunk is so common, having a reputation as a drunk is next-level alcohol abuse.