eli5: What is a Republic? As in, the United States is a Republic?

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I’m almost 50. I said the pledge of allegiance every day. Our education system is so messed up that they didn’t bother to explain what it meant.

Hell, I’m old enough that I also sang ‘Zippity Doo Dah ‘ every day also. Plus, we had the strap in school. Teachers and principals taking their anger out on 10 years olds. That was weird.

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The easiest definition is a country that doesn’t have a monarch. Democracy in it’s literal sense means direct majority rule. However when most people say Democracy, it’s just shorthand for free people with representative government, and the consent of the governed. This includes non-republics like the UK.

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