Brutus' vision of republic is outdated. Diversity of opinion is vital for a republic.
It's necessary for a republic to have people who represent all kinds of people in it. Different classes live different lives, and it's hard for a person who belongs to one class to be aware of the needs, manners, interests of people from a different class. For this reason, diversity is a very important part of a republic.
A republic should <em>NOT</em> be made up of a small group of people who think in a similar way. On the contrary, it <em>should</em> be made up of people from different backgrounds, in order to better represent its people.
By approval, I think you mean by the delegates from each state had approved it. The problem was that the states themselves had to approve it. That seemed like a cumbersome process, but you have to remember that democracy works on the will of the people and each state had to ratify it keeping in mind that there were still problems: it was not a slam dunk.
Central planning was the political and economic model set up by the governing regime of the Soviet Union. It focused on the absolute control over the country's productive facilities and the strategic decisions regarding were to focus on production. As well as further developments in the industries. Soviets were affected by:
- Bias from the people to study in certain professional careers, as they followed were the industry was developing.
- There was a lack of development in industries that were not seen as a priority for the government.
- Technological development of the country was harshly slowed down, as any attempt for improvement was heavily restricted by the government.
- Some people have expropriated their territories as a result of the development of the industries defined as the priority by the government.
- Overall grocery supply fell as the government focused on military improvements rather than food industries.
The Phoenicians used sand to make glass
