&gt; What GP means is that US is no longer a republic.<p>No, what GP means is that the US is no longer a <i>democratic republic</i> (which is, as the term &quot;democracy&quot; is generally used today, a form of &quot;democracy&quot;, rather than an alternative to it.) The complaint GP makes does not contrast with a republic in any way, as all a Republic means is that it is a system of government where government isn&#x27;t by (or exercising powers derived, at least in principle, from) a monarch.