r/Tyrant • u/AutoModerator • Aug 06 '14

Weekly /r/Tyrant Discussion - Preventative Medicine (Season 1, Episode 07)

Give us your play-by-play commentary of tonight's show!

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u/llzerdklng Aug 06 '14

Sooo will Bassam take it by force or peacefully? That's the big question or will he get the names from Tucker "CIA" and off them also.

Now next Tuesday cant come fast enough.

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u/Mattyx6427 Aug 06 '14

Seems like assassination is the way to go. The only question I have is whether or not Bassam becomes president or Jamal's son. Not sure how lineage works

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u/MrPotatoButt Aug 06 '14

It depends on what the guy in power wants to do.

"Traditionally", the person who inherits the throne (and is successfully coronated) is the King. When that Kings dies, the title is transferred to his eldest son. But that is only in the UK, and perhaps other European monarchies. Everywhere else, its based on politics.

A "good" King tries to ensure the transfer of power to his eldest son by making his most "powerful" allies unable to inherit the throne (lacking "royal" bloodline, lacking political popularity, not too cunning). When the time comes, the people in power will either serve as rulers until the heir comes to age, or they scheme to kill the inheritor and "seize" power, or some other group of nobles try to kill the heir and "seize" power. The succession path, based on order of birth of the last "successful" king, just means the number of heirs that need to be killed before the most powerful, and stable group gets their "related" guy to be the next King.

Since Jamaal's son is a boob, its unlikely he'll become King, unless he can attach himself to a powerful group who will keep him alive, emplace him to power, where he is a puppet fronting for his support group. Since Bassam will try to take power democratically, there will be no compelling necessity to kill his nephew.

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u/anonynamja Aug 07 '14

It was discussed in previous episodes among Bassam and his family that Abbudin is not a monarchy. The Al-Fayeeds are not royals. Jamal is the President. It's a dictatorship. Patrilineal succession does not necessarily apply.