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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”.

    • Ogmios@sh.itjust.works
      228·
      13 days ago

      The nation which hasn’t existed as it currently is for even 100 years yet (and is already falling apart)?

      China didn’t just lose who they used to be, they deliberately murdered their old nation.

    • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world
      82·
      12 days ago

      The People’s Republic of China will be 76 years old this October.

      The OP is wrong because there are a few existing nations older than 250 years, but there aren’t many of them. As far as countries go, the United States is over the hill.

      • uienia@lemmy.world
        53·
        12 days ago

        Its nonsense. China as a national and cultural entity is not 76 years old. Changing constitutions does not make it a different country, it is only americans who adhere to that belief system because their country didnt exist prior to their constitution.

        • Buelldozer@lemmy.today
          12·
          12 days ago

          Its nonsense. China as a national and cultural entity is not 76 years old. Changing constitutions does not make it a different country,

          Yes, it does. Country and Nation are not synonyms. Country refers to Government while Nation is about culture.

          China as a Nation, that is a people with a shared culture and languages, is thousands of years old. China as a Country is less than 100 years old.

          …it is only americans who adhere to that belief system because their country didnt exist prior to their constitution.

          Since you are presumably not American how would you answer this question: How old is Panama?