literally any system in which you know who is in charge upon a transition of government is better than any government where that issue must be settled by violence. "not having a civil war every 30 years" is just an incredibly powerful technology.
I really can’t think of a lot of sustained periods where there weren’t usurpations and contested thrones and wars of succession, though. Like, in theory this tracks—and I suppose 1 is greater than 0–but find me this tumult free 30 years anywhere in English history, pre-mixed monarchy.
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