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"No nation is older than 250" (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A threads post saying "There has never been another nation ever that has existed much beyond 250 years. Not a single one. America's 250th year is 2025. The next 4 years are gonna be pretty interesting considering everything that's already been said." It has a reply saying "My local pub is older than your country".

Edit: swapped image link, RIP lemm.ee

Original link: https://lemm.ee/pictrs/image/b4d2f599-1922-4978-9db3-fc7832681c10.png

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah words are a cultural construct, we're speaking modern English so I don't really care a ton about the word choices of philosophers 2500 years ago speaking a different language.

We should definitely make sure that our society provides rights for all, and work towards a truly representative democracy.

I think things have definitely changed since 1964.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

When do you draw the line then? If 2500 and 250 years ago is too far back for theory and philosophy to apply, when does it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I'm not saying their philosophy/theory doesn't apply, I'm just saying that what the word "democracy" meant to them is pretty irrelevant in a modern context. I wouldn't call apartheid South Africa a democracy, would you?