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9. Yeah; "republic" and "democracy" are not contradictory

Reply to Aristus (Reply #3)

Wed May 8, 2013, 11:07 AM

May 2013

Being a republic means your head of state is not a monarch. Being a democracy means the legitimacy of the government comes from the people. The first is a fairly simple technical definition, the second is a bit subjective, but they don't contradict each other at all.

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