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Would you have supported Caesar in the civil war with Pompey?
probably
The main thing is stop our New Rome sinking to the step that we have to choose between Caesar and Pompey
SPQR is already dead in the era of trilogy
@Deleted User depends on what you mean democracy
do you mean very limited suffrage, i.e., only a small portion of the people get to make the decisions?
I asked the question because I wanted to know if there is a republican form of government without any type suffrage
Or if all republics have some degree of democracy
The closest you can get to that is what we originally had.
White male landowners who had actual stock in the country they were voting to rule.
Or
do what the Holy Roman empire did,
except on a much larger scale,
have inheritated positions of power which are capable of voting.
I'm asking more of a question about definition
is it possible for a republic to not have suffrage
It is not.
or would it just be an oligarchy or aristocracy
okay
@Hektor#9849 well how do you have a legitimate transition of power
trial by combat
There's a lot of nascent republics that don't have any democracy
but that seems like a transition period
i.e., the English Protectorate, the French Directory
@Hektor and even if the leader isn't elected in a republic, the legislature almost always is
@Hektor#9849 Why can't I ping you?
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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