>iraqi republic
>peoples republic of x
>weimar republic
Why are dictatorships obssessed with calling themselves republics? Why isnt there a cool, hip name for dictatorship?
>>1629020
>Weimar republic
>Dictatorship
Next time you gonna say that the french republic is an totalitarien hellhole.
Also republic is everything that isn't monarchy or theocracy.
Go back to Katawa Shitjou, weeb
>>1629034
since they invented republicanism the french have a pass
>>1629034
Iran is a theocratic republic.
>>1629121
>triggered
>>1629034
Us French invented democracy and republics
You're just a butmad eternal anglo
>>1629192
Aw anglo mad we made democracy before you?
Hurt your fee fees?
>>1629211
fucking french faggots. Worst people ever damn. Thanks for the cinema, but i fucking hate you all.
>Rome always called itself a republic
Clearly no leader is going to acknowledge that their state is an autocracy.
>>1629020
>iraq
>dictatorship
Daily reminder Rin is the best girl
>>1629020
>weimar
I don't get the joke
>>1629232
Except Tsarist Russia lmao
Republic is just a generic term for a state that isn't a monarchy or other form of autocracy really. It's not like there's any special mystique about being a republic. Rome called itself a republic for centuries even as its effective government radically changed over that period of time. Venice called itself a republic for like 900 years despite being ruled by oligarchical aristocratic families.
>>1629034
republic is a representative democracy, not a "everything that isn't a monarch or theocracy"
i don't want people just throwing that word around like it's meaningless.
>>1629492
How was the Weimar Republic not a representative democracy?
>>1629020
>weimar republic
Anon...
>>1629020
>weimar republic
The official name was still German Empire (Deutsches Reich)
>>1629020
Is that pixyteri or am I lost in somewhere in hell senpai?
>republic=democracy
>>1629624
This, smdh /his/
>dick
>tater
>ship
Don't get much cooler than that
>>1629020
There is probably a penis underneath that skirt, but I would jackhammer the fuck out of that creature either way.
"Despotate" has a fair ring to it
Epirus during Byzantium's 13th century exile was a Despotate
>>1629020
Explain to me in detail how the Weimar republic was a dictatorship
>>1631404
They dictated how people could live their lives
>>1629318
And without the support of the french kings and queens, americans would still be under the british thumb.
>>1629020
Because people are memed that THE CURRENT YEAR = Democratic Republic.
Just as how people are memed that THE CURRENT YEAR = their country ought to be called a nation-state. When in reality it isnt.
>>1629020
Are dictators monarchs? No. What's wrong with republic then?
>>1629100
SHUT YOUR MOUTH
>>1629020
funnier it gets when people whiny about that from countries ruled by companies and corporations