← Back to context Comment by sliverstorm 13 years ago We live in a republic, but is a republic not extremely similar to a representative democracy? 1 comment sliverstorm Reply dragonwriter 13 years ago "Republic" is essentially orthogonal to "representative democracy".The United States of America has a government which is both a republic (and, more specifically, a federal republic) and a representative democracy.There are republics that aren't any kind of democracy, and representative democracies that are not republics (e.g., the United Kingdom.)
dragonwriter 13 years ago "Republic" is essentially orthogonal to "representative democracy".The United States of America has a government which is both a republic (and, more specifically, a federal republic) and a representative democracy.There are republics that aren't any kind of democracy, and representative democracies that are not republics (e.g., the United Kingdom.)
"Republic" is essentially orthogonal to "representative democracy".
The United States of America has a government which is both a republic (and, more specifically, a federal republic) and a representative democracy.
There are republics that aren't any kind of democracy, and representative democracies that are not republics (e.g., the United Kingdom.)