Is political dynasty a cultural malpractice?

Question

Philippines as a case study where politicials belong to a single family or closely related to each other and with whom political power is very much concentrated.

Answer 1

Yes, because it threatens democracy from the bottom up.  Democracy is not from the top down, unless elitist royalism is your idea of democracy.  I don't really care about the Kennedys if they haven't done anything in four decades and Schwarzenegger is a Republican, not a Kennedy-by-blood but by association, and he is an Austrian immigrant.  Doesn't fit the profile of them.  It is about celebrity, media exposure and money.  People elect Presidents and Senators, not celebrities.  We don't vote through the media and the media is not supposed to decide the candidate.  

Now the press is trying to convince people to vote for Hillary (because she's a Clinton, has money, reaks power and is a woman), Obama (because he's African-American, he's mixed race, his family is distinguished and wealthy, he lived in Africa and went to a prestigious university) and McCain (straight-talker, been in the party for years, supportive of Bush, loyal to the defence industry, religious conservatives and the oil market).  So to answer your question, it is a cultural malpractice but there are other ways to corrupt the system.

Answer 2

Yes, it is almost no different from the nobility or even the monarchy. Since so many politicians belong to the same family, that family wields considerable amounts of power and influence.  Just like the nobility...