tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649431201703508681.post7929752842739620710..comments2023-11-02T10:22:20.717-04:00Comments on Mike Anderson's Ancient History Blog: Democracy and Republic in AmericaMike Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02072553719998549925noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649431201703508681.post-33459925013061673922021-04-01T06:43:15.713-04:002021-04-01T06:43:15.713-04:00I agree with you that political semantics have dra...I agree with you that political semantics have drastically shifted along the centuries, but I have a different view of their original meanings than yours.<br />Firstly, this is my own anacyclosis:<br />fascism/communitarianism(H) - absolute monarchy(R) - aristocracy/oligarchy(R) - republicanism/humanism(R) - right-libertarianism(R) - liberalism/individualism(H) - social anarchism(L) - social democracy(L) - democratic socialism(L) - totalitarian communism(L) - fascism/communitarianism(H)<br />My political cycle is made by four right-wing ideologies(R) and four left-wing ideologies(L), separated by two "hinge" ideologies(H).<br />According to this view, republicanism is the attempt to take political power from an elitist oligarchy and distribute it to a majority of the population through economic means. On the contrary, democracy is the attempt to take economic power from anarchist individuals and distribute it to a majority of the population through polital means.<br />There is one thing that a democracy and a republic have in common and with which they both invariably correlate: economic and cultural progress.<br />Now, as for historical examples, my theory implies that all democracies are usually republican, while not all republics are always democratic.<br />- Pre-Perikles Athens (republican)<br />- Periklean Athens (democratic)<br />- 2nd centuryBC Rome (republican)<br />- 1st centuryBC Rome (democratic)<br />- Pre-Renaissance Florence/England (republican)<br />- Renaissance Florence/England (democratic)<br />- Pre-Revolution America/France (republican)<br />- Revolutionary America/France (democratic)Fausto Levantesihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09570373488564499346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649431201703508681.post-29459775051621284972021-04-01T04:40:39.611-04:002021-04-01T04:40:39.611-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fausto Levantesihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09570373488564499346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649431201703508681.post-50125134846782273392009-12-16T11:12:09.652-05:002009-12-16T11:12:09.652-05:00It's funny, I wondered about that when we were...It's funny, I wondered about that when we were deposing the late Mr. Hussein of Iraq. Thanks for the reply...monkeyfacehttp://monkeyfacenews.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649431201703508681.post-76044922116898913892009-12-15T20:05:23.607-05:002009-12-15T20:05:23.607-05:00Monkeyface,
My first thought is that it was the s...Monkeyface,<br /><br />My first thought is that it was the same or better. Nothing like a dictatorship for stability. Some large percentage or Russians would have Stalin back if they could.<br /><br />I think its fair to say that the Republic exhausted itself. After all it lasted 450 years (twice as long as we have).Mike Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02072553719998549925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649431201703508681.post-85902057685530637972009-12-15T13:06:30.981-05:002009-12-15T13:06:30.981-05:00My question is, for the common freeborn citizen of...My question is, for the common freeborn citizen of Rome, was the quality of life appreciably better or worse after the Republic died? Can we say definitively that Roman civilization would have lasted longer, and been any less corrupt as a continued Republican state. ? As it was the Empire lasted a fairly long time... I'm just wondering...monkeyfacehttp://monkeyfacenews.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.com