Aside from the potential prestige of being associated with republicanism

>>3053384
>implying they are not a monarch

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juche

>>3053384
Most current dictatorships trace their origin back to quasi-populist revolutionary movements and still in large part derive their legitimacy from that legacy.

Throwing that away and just openly proclaiming himself king would cost dictators a great deal of stability while not really gaining them anything in return. Better to functionally be a king but still call yourself "President" or "Chairman" or "Premier" instead. If you reign for life and have absolute power either way, who cares what people call you?

>>3053506

There is also the fact that since 1945 and especially since 1991 democracy has become the only game in town. Authoritarian systems of all types have the window dressings and structures of democracies from kangaroo courts to rubber stamp parliaments, but none of the practical democratic aspects. The Soviet Union championed "economic democracy" and "democratic centralism", modern Russia claims its democratic, as does North Korea, etc... Very few states openly decry democracy regardless of how un-democratic they are.

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>>3053384
it took like what? 1000 years for the Roman emperors to go from calling themselves Princeps (First citizen) to Basileos (King)

Give the gooks some time.

>>3053384
It requires some sort of divine backing. A mandate from the heavens, god, etc. That requires a population that takes those sorts of things seriously. So those were replaced with the facade of whatever revolutionary principle, sham republic, or whatever other ideological equivalent fits the situation.

but like >>3053544 said, give it time.

>>3053519
Russia actually is a democracy. Americans seem literally unable to comprehend that over 50% of a population could support their president.

>>3053676
And you seem unable to comprehend that elections and public opinions can easily be rigged.

>>3053681
>public opinions can easily be rigged.
Doesn't that just mean that all democracies are sham?

>>3053682
More or less, but most democratic countries manage to conceal it well. In case of Russia it's just to obvious.

>>3053695
>Russian elections are rigged because CNN told me so

>>3053698
Do you really think Russia has free elections?

>>3053698
Why else would a country vote for anything other than a socially progressive, economically globalist leader? The only logical explanation is rigging.

>>3053702
Yes I do. Why don't you?

>>3053705
Because the same guy is in power for 17 years?

>>3053713
And why can't he if people genuinely love him?

>>3053698
http://akarlin.com/2011/12/measuring-churovs-beard/

>>3053716
They don't. They just don't have choice and have to vote for the same oligarch over and over again.

Russia has more or less same political system as it did in the USSR, a one-party state with nomenklatura taking all top positions. They just changed their colors and went from communists to orthodox nationalists.

Putin is popular, but there is still election fraud to give the impression of more universal popularity (and to ensure his party has lots of control in the Duma)
read the article I posted, and be dazzled by the pretty heat maps

>>3053732
I think you're either trolling for (you)s or you've never been to Russia.

>>3053735
I live in an ex-commie state and know very well how the process of ex-commies and secret service agents turning into diehard "patriots" went.

>>3053732
>They don't. They just don't have choice and have to vote for the same oligarch over and over again.
Like say, an electorate that votes for a family dynasty or candidates who have all been part of the same inner circle of a party for decades? Seems like the difference is superficial.

>>3053676
>$0.05 deposited in your ridf bank account

>>3053681
While saying Russia has interference-free elections is dumb, comparing its system to that of North Korea is much dumber.

>>3053544
>it took like what? 1000 years for the Roman emperors to go from calling themselves Princeps (First citizen) to Basileos (King)
300

>>3054089
It's even worse. At least NK dictatorship is officially instituionalized in Juche ideology and Kim dynasty. The Russian system is just straight out made of corrupt oligarchs who use the state for filling their pockets, with Putin supervising the pillage from above as a top oligarch.

>>3053506
That makes sense for some of these dictatorships, but not all of them... It particularly makes no sense for Best Korea, as he's gone far beyond declaring himself king - officially, he and his whole family are "divine". They've basically declared themselves gods.

I suppose not declaring one's self "monarch" makes you look a little more modern, but that last bit does rather counter it.