Among other things, such as mass terror and murder, the French Revolution popularized the concept of the Republic. It sounds really nice, doesn't it? I don't mean that in a sarcastic way. Imagine a government that, rather than being a monarch or oligopoly, is instead created by the people of the country. If we had a say in government then it would probably be less likely to kill us and might even make the world better for us. As a person of a country, I must say that on the surface, in theory, this Republic concept sounds pretty neat.
In practice it's a complete failure. Just look at the world. The People's Republic of China is a classic model of a corrupt, brutal government, rotting with corruption and cronyism, and definitely not looking out for the people of China. Not far away at all is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea where we regularly see the product of Republicism: belligerence, mass starvation and murder, technological stagnation, and isolation from the world.
If you read the news you've probably heard of another hostile country, the Islamic Republic, which seeks to develop its own nuclear weapons. In Africa there is the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a humanitarian disaster spawned by wars and revolutions by a seemingly-endless succession of cruel leaders.
If we look back at history, then there is another big one, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Stretching across Asia into Europe, this was the greatest enemy to human liberty that the world had ever seen. It threatened Europe and all of Asia. It triggered an arms race and wars around the world to spread its ideology. Thankfully, in 1991 this giant experiment in Republicism collapsed, proving forever the failure of the idea of the Republic.
In practice it's a complete failure. Just look at the world. The People's Republic of China is a classic model of a corrupt, brutal government, rotting with corruption and cronyism, and definitely not looking out for the people of China. Not far away at all is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea where we regularly see the product of Republicism: belligerence, mass starvation and murder, technological stagnation, and isolation from the world.
If you read the news you've probably heard of another hostile country, the Islamic Republic, which seeks to develop its own nuclear weapons. In Africa there is the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a humanitarian disaster spawned by wars and revolutions by a seemingly-endless succession of cruel leaders.
If we look back at history, then there is another big one, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Stretching across Asia into Europe, this was the greatest enemy to human liberty that the world had ever seen. It threatened Europe and all of Asia. It triggered an arms race and wars around the world to spread its ideology. Thankfully, in 1991 this giant experiment in Republicism collapsed, proving forever the failure of the idea of the Republic.
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