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Sweden officially joins NATO
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That is an L take. Having a term limit helps increase the difficulty of making political dynasties. It doesn't make it impossible, but it sure is gonna make it harder for a certain person or group to solidify their power base.
Not really, the difference between two people of the same ideology to fulfill your democratic needs whom one can find in a population of a few million can be very small.
Something being democratic is not the only criterion, because you wouldn't want your neighbors to vote in favor of collectively owning you as a slave, even if your vote against gets counted.
It's just one safety measure - if a politician still would win an election after 8 years (life changes entirely in only 1 year), for example, that's likely for wrong reasons. Like using administrative resource, pro-government mass media, crooked elites etc.