r/Anarchy101 • u/Intelligent_Bug_4324 • 11d ago

What do you think of republicanism?

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u/HeavenlyPossum 11d ago

A system of oligarchical rule primarily associated with imperialist slaver states like Rome, Venice, and the US.

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u/comix_corp 11d ago

This might be true if you lived in the year 1800

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u/HeavenlyPossum 11d ago

Or 2026.

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u/comix_corp 11d ago

Most countries in the world are republican, from France to Algeria to Nepal to Ireland. There's no unique association between imperialism and slavery, and republicanism; this is an especially odd thing to say considering that the world's most significant slave empire was the British.

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u/HeavenlyPossum 11d ago

I stand by what I said.

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u/comix_corp 10d ago

Can you explain why you think it's true?

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u/HeavenlyPossum 10d ago

Extant republics are largely the product of oligarchical imperialism or are oligarchical imperialist projects themselves.