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Podcast: Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & Gangsters
Episode: Oh Sure, Just Die & Leave Us With This (Beautiful) Mess - Shogun Ep 2
Description: Shōgun Episode 2! Check out this intro sequence - Game of Thrones, but make it Japan. This is the problem with hereditary rulership positions. Power can only change with a death. And no matter how hard everyone keeps trying to make it otherwise, death is messy! And for the number of times this happens, it seems like no one is willing to make it not chaos. I mean honestly - has the regent system ever worked out? Why do people keep trying to make Regency happen? Not solving that. But come on - look at t...