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What Did the American and French Founders Fear About Direct Rule? - Republican Promises and the Struggle for Inclusion | Sleepy Facts About History
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Today, the words "republic" and "democracy" are often used interchangeably, but for centuries they were considered fundamentally different, and at times, dangerous to each other. This episode explores why a republic was not automatically a democracy, tracing the concept from the Roman res publica and Athenian direct assembly to the mixed constitutions of the Italian Renaissance. It examines how early modern thinkers and the founders of the American and French republics deliberately…
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