Some time ago, in France, there was a political controversy when
the son of the president, named Jean Sarkozy, a 23 year old young
man, put forward his candidacy for a mayorship of one of capital
city's most prestigious area.
At that time, there was some pro and con voices.
The con voices, said, that it is an example of nepotism, and
that the young man is obviously inexperienced and incompetent for
the job.
However, there are also some important people who voiced their
support.
For example,
The previous chief of that region said : "In souls nobly born,
valour does not depend upon age"
The president of the employer union, said : "fantastic that a
young and motivated man may want to be at the head of the largest
business district in France"
Likewise, Nicolas Sarkozy defended his son by saying that:
"it's never good when someone is attacked in an excessive manner
for no reason",
not long however after having been mocked by some French medias for
having fiercely underlined during an unrelated speech on high
school reform that "what matters in France to succeed does not
anymore relate to birth privileges, rather, to succeed, it is
important to work hard and to have demonstrated significant skills
at school, at work."
There were also voices from his party, UMP Party, who
supported Jean Sarkozy candidacy.
I personally think that this French saga is interesting. It is
interesting to me because here it is spread wide open in broad
daylight, a drama and a show. We can observe and glean some
important pointers on how people's minds work. For me it is
ridiculous and it's an example of a silver-spoon-fed blue blooded
"prince" being helicopter-dropped for no reason other than his
hereditary line. Obviously he is not suitable for the job. He
barely even graduated from University yet at that time.
But whats interesting is that there are some bigwigs and serious
people, who rationalized and internalized some wicked and twisted
logic, to becoming the supporters of Jean Sarkozy. This is funny
and somehow, it reminds me of some similar cases in some other
countries.