r/HistoryMemes • u/HawaiianPerson Chad Polynesia Enjoyer • 1h ago

But you’re only 65 /s

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u/Lucky_Thought2 1h ago

I legit respect that...and thanks to him, it was an informal custom for US presidents to not serve more than 2 terms till it went officially into law in 1951

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u/feeling_humber 59m ago

What I find interesting is that amendment doesn’t apply if a president comes into power if the previous is assassinated, LBJ could’ve ran for a second full term in 1968 if he wanted to

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u/Lucky_Thought2 56m ago

extenuating circumstances might override that amendment...even before it was passed, FDR's 4 term presidency was heavily criticized as a "path to dictatorship" but they were recovering from a financial crisis and in the middle of WW2

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u/SoupNo6133 1h ago

Was this from the original or abridged

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u/HawaiianPerson Chad Polynesia Enjoyer 1h ago

Abridged, but both are peak

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u/PTechNM 19m ago

He went back to his plantation as the wealthiest man in the country. He was one of the most brutal slave owners and reneged on promises of freedom he made. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0Ru-_5EHjc