> attempted to mitigate the phenomenon of hereditary nepotism via the policy of enforced celibacy among the elite class That just tells us nepotism is bad. W

> attempted to mitigate the phenomenon of hereditary nepotism via the policy of enforced celibacy among the elite class That just tells us nepotism is bad. We have much better ways of dealing with it -- strong independent institutions, transparent rules, free education, social programs for the poor and so on.