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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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[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Those are not nations in the modern sense. Modern Turkey and Egypt have only been around since after WWI. Byzantium hasn't been a nation since they were conquered by the Ottomans.

[-] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

The post doesn't say existing nations, it says there has never been one longer than 250 years.

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

How do you define a nation? Rome, Byzantium, the Ottoman empire, etc., those were all empires. You can debate whether you want to consider them nations.

[-] Tja@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

Same for the US, if you want to debate semantics.

[-] guy@piefed.social 1 points 3 months ago

Lol debating semantics is exactly what's happening in this post

[-] PanArab@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

The US is an empire unless indigenous peoples don’t count

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