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Originally Posted by Chris

Ensure is actually a very useful term here, because it allows us to address the nature of the handover of power from one entity to another. A democratically managed continuity in itself won’t ensure change because the new administration inherits established policies and a civil service that doesn’t readily change ingrained practices. Societal collapse or invasion might ensure change but even here I’d say it’s not guaranteed. It would depend on the invader’s objectives.

In this instance, the recognition of past events and their acceptance of wrong doing SHOULD be the driver for change.