Actually inheritance has a lot of merits, even though they're mostly for societies with poor general education. Who do you want to be ruled by? A person without

Actually inheritance has a lot of merits, even though they're mostly for societies with poor general education. Who do you want to be ruled by? A person without any education and experience, or somebody who has been nurtured surrounded by diplomats and rulers for their entire life? Of course it's a roll of the die. Of course you might end up with a cretin or a criminal. Of course it's made worse by inbreeding which comes with inheritance. But it's still the best roll of the die you have.