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

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

US is the oldest existing democracy

It is not. Not a democracy, at least in its modern sense.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

It wasn't one back then either. Women and black people weren't allowed to vote from the start.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It wasn’t one back then either.

If the Greeks were a Democracy then so was the United States; they both used the same rules.

If Women and Minorities are your defining line then Great Britain didn't become a Democracy until either 1928 or 1969.