Talk:Democratic Republic
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Mmmm. Wikipedia's great, but they are really missing the main point.
A democratic republic IS "A form of government that embodies democratic ideals without a monarch. Usually includes voting for officials who intend to serve you in a presumed legislature."
Yes it has been misconstrued to be for bad governments, but that doesn't (or shouldn't) change the meaning of the actual word. The Nazis may have put a bad name on the Socialist movements (as they were not really socialists), but I'd hardly call the Socialists in power in Western Europe nazis.
someone wanna fix it?
- Changing the meaning of words is outside of Wikipedia's mandate, and no matter what we feel most country's that have called themselves a Democratic Republic do not meet the definition given above. - SimonP 00:40, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] POV
This article is extremely biased, Can someone fix it?
Fixed. -- Mihnea Tudoreanu 21:51, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
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- Did you post this to the right talk page? This article does not contain that paragraph, and the issues discussed by have little to no relation to the notion of a Democratic Republic. - SimonP 15:11, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
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- Nope, I had multiple windows open. That was meant for talk:prisoner of way. What with the server lag and all, I messed up on catching this myself. Thanks. Uncle Ed 21:02, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
An alternative definition on "Democratic Republic" is found on the Regents Prep Global History & Geography under point 17:
- democratic republic
- A political system in which a country is ruled by law, has representative government, and is democratic in nature.
The fact that historically countries calling themselves "democratic republics" usually had a law system, but not a representative government, elected democratically, is just one side of the coin. While for historical purposes this Wikipedia entry is naturally correct — forcing many countries to refer themselves as liberal democracies instead, I would propose that at least this variant definition (which is free from any Marxist-Leninist appropriations of the word) should be adopted as well. Perhaps with a reference to why the name was "abandoned" mostly to differenciate the two.
Gwyneth Llewelyn 02:55, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
