I’m not sure what you’re trying to say here? Republics (by which I meant all indirect democracies, regardless of whether it’s nominally a monarchy, including both parliamentary and presidential systems) and elective monarchies are two different classes of government- a republic’s leader is elected by a group that is a large portion of the populace of the nation for relatively short terms with limited powers, while the leaders of an elective monarchy are elected (usually) for life with far-reaching powers by an aristocratic electorate that is a small portion of the population.
What I was saying is that, in principle, both elective monarchies and republics have a competitive selection process, but perhaps in practice the competitive nature of elective monarchies often gets relegated in favor of a dynamic that makes the monarchy de facto hereditary
two different classes of government- a republic’s leader is elected by a group that is a large portion of the populace of the nation for relatively short terms with limited powers, while the leaders of an elective monarchy are elected (usually) for life with far-reaching powers by an aristocratic electorate that is a small portion of the population.
I haven’t heard much about elective monarchies, that cleared things up.
I’m not sure what you’re trying to say here? Republics (by which I meant all indirect democracies, regardless of whether it’s nominally a monarchy, including both parliamentary and presidential systems) and elective monarchies are two different classes of government- a republic’s leader is elected by a group that is a large portion of the populace of the nation for relatively short terms with limited powers, while the leaders of an elective monarchy are elected (usually) for life with far-reaching powers by an aristocratic electorate that is a small portion of the population.
What I was saying is that, in principle, both elective monarchies and republics have a competitive selection process, but perhaps in practice the competitive nature of elective monarchies often gets relegated in favor of a dynamic that makes the monarchy de facto hereditary
I haven’t heard much about elective monarchies, that cleared things up.