• xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    4 months ago

    Presumably what the other commenter was referring to is the US having the oldest codified constitution

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      4 months ago

      Which is honestly meaningless but very convenient for US narrations. There were also older de facto constitutions, which are usually forgotten like the Henrician Articles of P-L Commonwealth. US constitution is famous because it was the one which was loudly proclaimed and imitated later.