On Sep 22, 10:17 pm, Kathryn Huxtable 
wrote:
> On 2010-09-22 20:29:15 -0500, John W. Kennedy said:
>
> > On Sep 22, 8:42 pm, Duggy  wrote:
> >> It had elections so maybe it was a democracy... but the elected
> >> government was mostly administrative, so maybe not.  Since it was run
> >> by the Soviets "Republic" hard to justify.
>
> > No, it was a republic. A republic is anything that isn't a hereditary
> > monarchy.
>
> Are you serious? Because if you are, that's not correct. There are
> oligarchies, tyrannies, and lots of other systems.
All of which are republics (unless they are hereditary monarchies).
The fact that many people misuse the word for propaganda purposes does
not change things.
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