tal , 5 hours ago

pass it on

Nepotism isn’t the same thing as bequesting something to someone else.

If you’re engaging in nepotism, you’re in a situation where people are supposed to be treated impartially but are not.

But that obligation doesn’t exist in terms of bequesting stuff that’s actually yours – you don’t have constraints on who to leave it to.

If Elon Musk left his 20% or whatever share of Tesla to his kid, that wouldn’t be nepotism.

But if he attempted to arrange that his kid be CEO of Tesla, that would.