Democracy works on social media because everyone is retarded except those at the top. Its how democracy always works.
A republic needs a different order, a bunch of people who specialize in politics and communicate things to the rest, citizens like everyone else.
The network that works for we the people will support what the republic needs.
The tech isn't the answer, its the people. Image boards are superb technology. IRC is a reliable and lightweight backup, here is all that is needed for software. They both enable communication without mind games.
Anons must be able to set up their own servers overnight.
GPG signing for vip communications.
Pony express of the internet, messages passed through transparent medium to people, not machines.