{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Hey, remember the thing they had in some parts of the world where officials couldn\u2019t work in their home provinces? They\u2019d get...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/619787982594097152/", "html": "<p><a href=\"https://etirabys.tumblr.com/post/619786891144888320/hey-remember-the-thing-they-had-in-some-parts-of\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">etirabys</a>:</p><blockquote><p>Hey, remember the thing they had in some parts of the world where officials couldn\u2019t work in their home provinces? They\u2019d get shuffled around every N years so they couldn\u2019t build a power base and overthrow the king, and dealing with new people means that you can\u2019t form the kinds of bonds lots of political corruption is built on? Does that policy have a name?</p></blockquote>\n\n\n<p>I&rsquo;ve heard &ldquo;rotation of tenure&rdquo;, but that might be more the Japanese imperial/American military alternation of field service with court/Pentagon attendance.</p>"}