-Peoples Republic of China
-Democratic Republic of the Congo
-Republic of the Congo
-Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
-Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
-Russian Federation…
A republic just means that a country doesn’t have a heritable head of state. All of those countries are in actual fact republics. It says next to nothing about the actual political system of a country besides the role of the head of state. Lots and lots of dictatorships are republics. Many democracies are republics as well, but as you can see it is the dictatorship/democracy part which describes the important part of those countries political systems, not republic.
Many Americans are confused about this, because they have been indoctrinated into thinking that republic is the main descriptor of their system. Mainly because it was an important descriptor back in the 18th century, when most countries were monarchies, but much less so in later times when most existing countries are republics.
Deceptichum@quokk.au 1 month ago
They’re just better.
BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 1 month ago
-Peoples Republic of China -Democratic Republic of the Congo -Republic of the Congo -Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste -Islamic Republic of Afghanistan -Russian Federation…
Then there is the USA
Deceptichum@quokk.au 1 month ago
???
What kind of idiot puts any substance into what name a country styles itself after rather than how it functions.
BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 1 month ago
ok, lets look at it the other way then? Image
Merva@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
A republic just means that a country doesn’t have a heritable head of state. All of those countries are in actual fact republics. It says next to nothing about the actual political system of a country besides the role of the head of state. Lots and lots of dictatorships are republics. Many democracies are republics as well, but as you can see it is the dictatorship/democracy part which describes the important part of those countries political systems, not republic.
Many Americans are confused about this, because they have been indoctrinated into thinking that republic is the main descriptor of their system. Mainly because it was an important descriptor back in the 18th century, when most countries were monarchies, but much less so in later times when most existing countries are republics.