> Luckily US constitution says a president cannot serve more than 2 terms The US Constitution says a lot of things, but that doesn't mean that they have a lot

> Luckily US constitution says a president cannot serve more than 2 terms The US Constitution says a lot of things, but that doesn't mean that they have a lot of effect. > He's going to try but I don't think the public will allow him. I don't think mortality is going to let him, but, absent also losing an internal or external war, the death of the leader is not a reliable end to an authoritarian regime. One of the reasons for rapidly and aggressively moving to institutionalize control and dismantle opposing power centers is to reduce the dependency of the regime on the cult of personality around the leader.