{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Some context for the MBS/Khashoggi thing is historically, it is totally normal for Arab succession crises to resolve with an...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/690053745689706496/", "html": "<p>Some context for the MBS/Khashoggi thing is historically, it is <b>totally normal</b> for Arab succession crises to resolve with an heir (among many of the ruler&rsquo;s children through many women) securing the inheritance by establishing a dominance secure enough to execute challengers, we just haven&rsquo;t seen one in a while (Saudi Arabian rulership had previously passed among eldest living sons of founder Ibn Saud, MBS is third generation and currently effectively rules through a second generation father he is slated to succeed)</p>"}