Because rule number one is, when you get prominent, you owe your family, clan, etc., lots of stuff. It’s one of the reasons that African governments tend to be kleptocratic. The tribal expectation of intra-familial redistribution tends to undermine good-government ideals of neutrality and living on one’s salary. Alas.

Confucius, Œc. Vol.

Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu.