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Bemoaning Ohio results, Santorum says ‘pure democracies’ aren’t how to run a country (thehill.com)

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Saying the quiet part out loud

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[–] FlowVoid@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A republic is simply a state without a king or other hereditary monarch. Often the leader is chosen democratically, but not always.

For example, China is a republic but not a democracy. The US is a democratic republic, which makes the claim "this is a republic not a democracy" even sillier.