The Sotoan Union wrote:United Marxist Nations wrote:If that were the case, then all states would have that perpetual problem. A Soviet Republic would pertain to a structure that would make it difficult for any one person to have so much power.
But then it runs into the problems all revolutionary democracies face. The instability and chaos of a revolution make it difficult to have a functioning republic with checks and balances. Either the peace is kept by a dictatorial state or the whole thing collapses.
Is that what happened in the United States? No, it is not. Stability returns, yes there is a need to hold more power in the early days, but this does not need to be as powerful as it is often made out to be.