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@Deleted User Would they even be a republic if there isn't suffrage though? How can government be a public matter if there is no voting?
There are degrees of publicness and differences in how legitimacy is drawn
But you're right in that it's very hard to have a republic without a mechanism for public feedback
The examples I mentioned weren't monarchies
and relied on an elected legislature while not having an elected executive
I'll look into that. tbh I've never heard of something like that
my brainlet status is showing
well those republics were never intended to have an unelected executive
in fact the directory didn't even have a single chief executive, it had a board of executives
it's just that in the case of the English Protectorate, Cromwell and the New Model Army got tired of the Rump Parliament for taking too long to forge a constitution so he dismissed them
and each new attempt to convene parliament during his reign as lord protector resulted in the same deadlock
and with the French Republic and the Directory, there were elections for the directory, but suffrage was limited, and the elections were mostly rigged
then of course you had Napoleon as consul while France was still nominally a Republic
and finally here's an interesting plan: Bolivar wanted Gran Colombia to have presidents-for-life
with an elected legislature and a one-time election for each president
*fellas*
google "deutschland flaggen geschichte"
cursed
North AMericans are Europeans
at least the good ones are anyway
Daily reminder that Alexander Hamilton out-kiked the kikes by using the First National Banks to transform crippling foreign debt into an engine for economic growth
He's a national hero
Hamilton is a hero but Biddle was a tool
I stand by Jackson's killing of the 2nd national bank and appropriating the funds to regional banks
^
one of the best presidents, maybe THEE best
I don't know enough about Nicholas Biddle to have an opinion on him
In fact literature about the Second National Bank and its functions are hard to come by
Also almost immediately after Jackson destroyed the national bank, all of the regional banks engaged in currency speculation that ultimately led to a massive financial crisis
that Jackson's successor Van Buren had to take the blame for
Kind of a dick move tbh
owned
Chad Jackson, takes credit and leaves the blame for his successor
Van Buren is quite literally the purest historical form of a Cuck in American history
he was the Robin to Jackson's Batman
Van Buren is OK
>all these historically illiterate cucks passing by Polk like he's some cheap whore on the corner
Very sad