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The Mexican ruler Porfirio Díaz lead a revolution because he felt it was tyranny for the prior president to be repeatedly reelected. After taking power, he was repeatedly reelected for decades. Did he ever truly believe term limits were important, or was his uprising just a cynical power grab?

by /u/nkonrad in /r/AskHistorians

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