On Sep 22, 10:17 pm, Kathryn Huxtable    
   wrote:   
   > On 2010-09-22 20:29:15 -0500, John W. Kennedy said:   
   >   
   > > On Sep 22, 8:42 pm, Duggy  wrote:   
   > >> It had elections so maybe it was a democracy... but the elected   
   > >> government was mostly administrative, so maybe not.  Since it was run   
   > >> by the Soviets "Republic" hard to justify.   
   >   
   > > No, it was a republic. A republic is anything that isn't a hereditary   
   > > monarchy.   
   >   
   > Are you serious? Because if you are, that's not correct. There are   
   > oligarchies, tyrannies, and lots of other systems.   
   All of which are republics (unless they are hereditary monarchies).   
   The fact that many people misuse the word for propaganda purposes does   
   not change things.   
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