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this post was submitted on 06 Mar 2025
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Can you explain the first one?
During the tsardom, tsars passed power like kings do.
Soviet union, the party chose its leader. There was a period in the Soviet times where each succeeding leader was pretty much as old as the outgoing one so they didn't last very long. It was called the gerontocracy.
Lol so basically most of congress and the presidency in the US xD
Interesting tho, hadn't heard that before, thank you for the explanation!
Missed chance to called it "geriatracy"
It's the same root word
But 20% funnier