The Roman Republic was a great place to live, the Roman EMPIRE (which took over) was a socialistic, war mongering nightmare.

Republic is not Empire.

The Republic was a system that, in its heyday from c.500BC to c.100BC, was based on the rule of law, and a cleverly balanced constitution that was not a written document, but consisted of an accord between the 3 elements, democracy, monarchy, and oligarchy. As the historian Polybius wrote, it is this balance which gave ancient Rome its greatest strength.

Rome was not ruled by any single man. That was contrary to the whole philosophy of the Republic, which was about having a balance of power. Two annually elected Consuls held the highest position of power. They could veto each other, so neither had absolute power, and they were strictly limited to one year in power.

This system greatly helped to prevent the kind of tyrannical abuse of power that happens all to often in dictatorships and monarchies. Nobody was above the law, and all free men were citizens with a stake in their future. All citizens could vote, and the assembly of the people could pass laws that applied to all.

All of this contrasts with the Roman Empire, which was a system based on an emperor. One man had total, absolute power. And as we all know, complete power corrupts a man completely. Corrupt, insane tyrants like Nero, Caligula and Commodus often ruled the empire with appalling cruelty and incompetence. Under the Empire, Rome slowly began to decline. By the time of the third century crisis, the empire was at the point of collapse. That it held together for another century and a half was a miracle, due largely to a series of strong soldier-emperors. But they failed to reform the system, and since it was largely a matter of luck who came to the throne next, sooner or later weak emperors took power again, and Rome entered its final decline.

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Re: USA Inc. has Lost its Charter & Martial La....

What is the big deal about a Republic?

I did read some of Plato's work about this.
Plato thought a perfectly governed country should
be ruled by a group of men he described as 'Philosopher Kings'.
The wisest of the Noble class were best qualified.
A "Philosopher King" is a perfect description of an Elitist.

We are ruled by a group of people selected by other Elitists
for the sheeple to elect.

Do not forget............ We the sheeple are sill being RULED!

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