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Apartheid weirdo says the quiet part out loud (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Is he illiterate? Did he ever open dictionary? If he did, he would have found that republic means representative democracy.

He needs his illiteracy liquidated. Sadly, likbez ended about 100 years ago.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What I guess he means is there's a leader (dictator), and there are other people in power besides him, so it's not a dictatorship. Or the Hungarian-style "fake democracy" where the opposition only exists to try to convince the EU we're not a de-facto dictatorship, Viktor Orbán is just so beloved by everyone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Or the Hungarian-style

Many countrues have this.

where the opposition only exists to try to convince the EU we're not a de-facto dictatorship, Viktor Orbán is just so beloved by everyone.

Pretty much like Russia. Does he claim 80/80 support? 80% of votes with 80% turnover.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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Representative yes, but it doesn't say WHO can be the representatives. You can entirely design a system where only rich men could be representatives.

In fact, the wikipedia article says:

In many historical republics, representation has been based on personal status and the role of elections has been limited

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Representative yes, but it doesn't say WHO can be the representatives. You can entirely design a system where only rich men could be representatives.

Indeed. Not even who can vote.

In many historical republics, representation has been based on personal status and the role of elections has been limited

Most if not all historical democracies, whether direct or representative ones, allowed at most only half of population to vote.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Republic can also just mean not ruled by a monarch. The Dutch Republic wasn’t a democracy.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Dictionary. Read it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

History book. Read it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

It will say names not always correlate with actual thing. Thanks, cap.

Or if you use history for defining words, then federation would mean "with strong leader and rigid power vertical".