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No, electing someone to a position for life has some serious drawbacks, and unless the system they work inside of is designed to counteract these drawbacks, then it definitely can be a very bad thing.
The primary problem is lack of accountability. A "president for life" has no real incentive to change their behavior, since they have no possibility of losing the position, except through violent overthrow or resignation. In such a position, the president (by human nature) will tend to accumulate wealth and power, with no (or little) regard for their constituents.
Overall, even in the best system, electing someone "president for life" turns out about as well as having a monarch. Which, historically speaking, is pretty bad for everyone except the monarch.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoNo- it is not a good idea. For one thing, such elections are rarely honest, I do not know of any country that freely decided to elect presidents for life. What usually happens if that a president is elected for a fixed term and then gets the constitution changed to make him president for life.
However, if some country did democratically elect a president for life, how would they know in advance who would be a good president?
The primary problem here may be lack of accountability. A "president for life" has no real incentive to change his behavior, since he has no possibility of losing the position, except through violent overthrow or resignation. In such a position, the president (by human nature) may tend to accumulate wealth and power, with no (or little) regard for their constituents. The saying that power corrupts has some truth to it even if the leader is a true statesman. Even a good president can change as he gets older. He may become senile or even insane. More likely, he will run out of ideas. He will develop a mind set that may become out of date and not work as the country changes. He may just get old and sick and either do nothing or let others make all the decisions.
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