Why do they have to be so goddamn Frenching French about everything?

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Originally posted by DAVOUT
The Republic was written by Plato (the Greek philosofer, not the Apolyton poster) around 360 BC, that is the fourth century BC.
Republicanism was built presumably not long after.

What kind of Republican are you talking about here? I don't think much of our GOP, but even so it'd be a bit much to claim they want to turn our society into that...