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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”.

  • Zess@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    The Kingdom of Great Britain, which ceased to exist in 1800 and lasted less than a century.

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

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          14 hours ago

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

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            7 hours 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.

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          22 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)