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[–] 26 points 3 months ago

And those term limits were finally voted into the constitution by conservatives because they were terrified that FDR had already been elected to his fourth term due to social policies being, surprise surprise, popular with the people, and they wanted to prevent those who would become a “dictator, king, or totalitarian leader”

Hilarious.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/why-does-the-u-s-have-presidential-term-limits-the-history-of-the-22nd-amendment

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