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As a political system adapt to defend against internal threats it usually becomes more vulnerable to external ones.

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Take the Porfiriato in Mexico. Díaz was very effective at neutralizing threats from within the military (who had removed the past few presidents) but his reforms left the state too weak to deal with the revolutionary militias.

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