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[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 38 points 2 years ago (2 children)

A republic is a type of democracy. This guy is an idiot. 

[–] checksout@feddit.de 21 points 2 years ago

I just looked it up and did not find a concise definition. According to the German bpb even dictatorships can be republics.

https://www.bpb.de/kurz-knapp/lexika/lexikon-in-einfacher-sprache/250057/republik/

[–] joseangel@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Not necessarily, North Korea is technically a republic.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No, it's not. They have a hereditary head of state who enforces his rule with control of the military.

[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml -4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Who was the third head of state again? (Hint, it isnt Kim Jung Un)

Well cited effortpost on hexbear about the dprk: https://hexbear.net/post/196389

[–] joseangel@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Now I see what they got defederilized from Lemmy, so much blatant malinformation.

[–] OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago

They literally are federated with the main lemmy instance.

[–] Z3k3@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's not just a Republic its a people's Republic.

So you know like way better. That's why they don't need elections it already says it belongs to the people