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"No nation is older than 250" (infosec.pub)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by Irelephant@lemm.ee to c/facepalm@lemmy.world

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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".

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

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[–] Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world 1 points 11 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?

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 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?