Seems to be the case for most mental ailments. It’s hard for some people to grasp that other people experience life completely differently. It took me a long time and some very patient people to finally teach me that.

Can’t a system be a true democracy and a democratic republic at the same time? I don’t see how adding some republic detracts from the democracy.

Republic: “A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.”

Democracy: “A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.”

What would it be called from an academic standpoint?