the wondrous beauty of science <| sep |> Related means they have a relationship with . That could be bloodline , platonic , professional etc . that ' s not the connotation when used by native speakers . Also you don ' t see that in politics ? You aren ' t looking hard enough . Nobody said it doesn ' t happen , we ' re saying that you ' re massively exaggerating it . massively . maybe your country is worse , but here in the united states when someone brings it up as a serious problem in government it ' s considered a ridiculous right wing attack on government because it ' s actually incredibly uncommon in government here . Bush . Clinton . Those two names alone should set off some bells . So now you ' re conflating name recognition and connections helps people get elected with knowing someone gets you a job . and that ' s a lot different . are you from spain or something ?