Why are hereditary leaders so frowned upon?

[Sun_Kim-Ai]

I can understand if it's in a dictatorial way, but nowadays some people take umbrage when some leaders' children or relatives take their place in political position.

Some people raised a stink when I won the election for mayor last October, because my grandfather had been mayor for almost 40 years in separate terms before the government put term limits - plus it was a democratic election, not a handover.

I considered suing a person because she spammed the comment "The dictatorship goes on" on Facebook when I won the election, but now I get ironic and say to such people "True, for now and the next forty years!".
I think that hereditary leadership is not inherently negative, and on the contrary, can provide continuity and stability.
Thoughts?

[Oigit]

Because a lot of hereditary leaders don't come close to filling the boots of their past family members in a position of leadership. The out of control ego that tends to come with being a hereditary leaders does not help at all. Neither does that fact that through out history some of the worst leaders and most destructive leaders in human history where hereditary leaders.

[Anonymous]

My thoughts?

You benefited from your family’s connections and now you want to sue your political opposition for saying mean things about you.

You’re utterly contemptible.

[Sun_Kim-Ai]

I said I won't, I just laugh about it now. The opposition can say what it wants, it won't change anything.

[crossdressingrihno]

"you benefited from your family's connections"
Mate you make no sense.
That's how elections work! I don't think theirs been a single election in the United States where someone actually won without having any previous connections.

Even Trump had connections he got from before his presidency

[Redstang88]

Rarely beneficial, younger generations riding their predecessors coattails are almost inevitably completely out of touch with reality. The Trudeau family is a prime example

[exitseven]

because they are usually entitled assholes and have no clue what average people have to deal with in their lives. I am not talking about you, just hereditary leaders in general. People like Justin? Trudeau and any of the Kennedys.

[MountAverage]

That's a strange way to let us know that you don't like democracy.

[Sun_Kim-Ai]

I like democracy, my civil list has the word "democratic" in it and we live in a democratic country.
My ripe is, for some people should the children and relatives of an elected official be banned from running for office, just because of the relation? That's undemocratic.

[noohair]

Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was just elected president in the Philippines.

[OddBeMe]

It’s a bit different winning an election rather than being handed a crown.