The republic can last until the people realize they can vote themselves largesse.
Women and those not working shouldn’t be allowed to vote.
Discussion
Even the father of the left, Jean Jacques Rousseau, said it can only work in small communities ( like those towns of 500inhabitants in schweiz) where everybody knows each other. Because if someone has a problem he/she can walk 5km and move to the next town, like forking communities in some sense.