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That's just circular reasoning, your King because your father was the King who'd was King because his father was the King... But, the reality is someone is King because of their ancestors actions and accidents of birth etc.

Further fitness is defined by inheritable traits. You can have a billion descendants with blue eyes you can't have a billion descendants who are all kings of England at the same time.

PS: A useful rule of thumb is a justification sounds like a value judgement something else is going on.




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