I'm not sure about term limits. Without term limits, the failure mode is corrupt politicians we can't get rid of. WITH term limits, the failure mode is politicians who don't know how to deal effectively with government. Running a business (even a large business), or organizing a charity, or commanding a military unit, is *different* from running a state or a country. Government has become more complicated than it used to be, and I think it calls for skills and specialized knowledge as well as intelligence and good intentions. When politicians don't have time to develop those skills and that specialized knowledge, they are more dependent on the subject-matter experts and civil servants that work behind the scenes. I don't know how much better that is, when it comes down to policy details. As it usually does.

I think the real question is whether we think corruption or incompetence is more of a threat these days. And then, whether we think corruption or incompetence will be more of a threat ten years from now, or twenty. As I said, I'm not sure.