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The termcapitalist republic is sometimes used to refer to arepublican form of government existing under acapitalist economic system. The term is typically employed bysocialist critics of capitalism, to distinguish between capitalist republics andsocialist republics. More rarely, the term has also been used in self-description.
InOn New Democracy,Mao Zedong distinguished his vision of aNew Democratic Republic from a capitalist republic, which he characterized as an "old European-American form" of government that was "out of date".[1][2]
A capitalist republic was the goal ofSean Murray in theIrish Republicanism movement in the 1930s. At a meeting inRathmines, Murray advocated a capitalist republic for Ireland, taking what commentators have described as a "stages" approach in moving from national freedom towards a socialist state. Murray advocated first the achievement of national freedom, to form a capitalist republic, followed by a transition from a capitalist republic to a socialist republic.[citation needed]
Other Republicans, such as Gilmore and O'Donnell, sought the same goal by reversing the stages, arguing that the uprooting ofcapitalism through struggle will consequently lead to national independence. Mike Milotte has noted that although Murray advocated a capitalist republic, "by avoiding the prefix its precise class nature was obscured".[3][4]
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