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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”.

  • acargitz@lemmy.ca
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    22 hours ago

    Use the same definition (unchanged political institutions) and tell me how long the Roman Empire lasted.

      • Caveman@lemmy.world
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        7 hours ago

        You have to add all these together to include coups and hostile takeovers or divide it to hilariously short periods.

        • sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz
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          32 minutes ago

          I think that was the point of the original poster. I mean, they were wrong, but I find a lot of the comments in this thread hilariously more wrong in their self-righteous response.

      • Saryn@lemmy.world
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        15 hours ago

        The was also a kingdom period in Rome’s earlier times. But that’s ancient history, am i rite?

        (I’ll let myself out)