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Fascinating. Is it Japanese culture to maintain the family business?

• mywittyname 9y ago
  I believe that it is tradition for the founding family to adopt the next generation head of the business. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_adult_adoption#Economic_impact https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_adult_adoption#Econom...
  • liberte82 9y ago
    That seems like cheating.
    • travmatt 9y ago
      Roman political families regularly adopted heirs as well. Rome’s first emperor Augustus was the adopted heir of Julius Casaer.
      • oelmekki 9y ago
        And to further the argument, the fact that one decided to put his blood son as emperor (Marcus Aurelius) is often seen has one of the early cause of roman decline. https://www.realclearhistory.com/2017/03/16/commodus_and_the_decline_of_roman_empire_1814.html https://www.realclearhistory.com/2017/03/16/commodus_and_the...
    • craftyguy 9y ago
      Yea this would be extremely OP in ck2.
    • billmalarky 9y ago
      Is it though if the family traditions and ideology are passed on through the adopted member?
    • jotm 9y ago
      Seems pretty advanced, actually, compared to the incestuous relationships to keep the bloodlines in Europe...