oh yeah, maybe so. i think for me, as a kid, it was a tale that showed me we, ie humans, are more similar and have more in common than may appear to us at first glance. good lesson at that time.
Telling you I'm not going to answer you because I don't believe you care and it's a waste of at least my own time isn't dodging your question. I told you exactly. Waste of time.
a republic is, by definition, a democracy.
you are repeating authoritarian conservative propaganda.