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by B1FF_PSUVM 3520 days ago
Comrade Huxley probably knew his history, and had in mind how a certain Octavian Augustus kept swearing left and right that the Republic was functioning entirely properly, and he was just the poor ass charged with too many jobs.

But republics always were the favorites of savvy aristocrats to keep their collegial rule. If one looks closely at the English state, there's a Republic there since the days of the Magna Carta, whatever way they dress it up. Many a "monarch" terminated with extreme prejudice when getting too big for his britches ;-)