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As an interesting idea as that is, the moment you introduce the possibility of staying in power forever then it only becomes an issue of adjusting the ratio parameters, something people won't react to like "abolish the hard term limit".

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Is the hard term limit really something can't be abolished then? Obama spent years of efforts building something and Trump spent its term tears it down. Can the government achieve anything meaningful like that?

Yes! If the country has at least a weak consensus, each generation builds on the last, with politicians competing on who can make more progress faster. Resistance to a radical faction is a feature, not a bug.

Inefficiency is a feature of democracy: Checks and balances will inevitably slow things down, but they also prevent emotional decisions from escalating too quickly. It's exceedingly frustrating to watch a decade-long battle over universal healthcare, but it's still way better than e.g. efficiently starting a war.

LMFTFY:

"efficiently starting a MAJOR war"

The whole AUMF thing is probably not a good example to use.

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