The Democratic Republic of North Korea, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the People's Republic of China and the United States of America all claim to be Republics, but in reality, each is an governed by an oligarchy powerfultyrants motivated by greed and the lust for pwer.
The Republican form of government created by the Constitution was intended to create a Commonwealth of svereign states that would be governed by the Laws of Nature and Nature;s God and not the laws written by the legislatures of men.
Our founding father understoof the danger associated with monarchies and democracies decided that the wanted to create a limited government that would promote liberty, equality and justice
Due to ignorance and apathy, we have allowed an oligarchy of the financial elite to violate our rights and to redistribute our wealth into their pockets.