• elscallr@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    As far as established countries or governments go, you’re absolutely right. Established democracies, though? The US is the oldest. And if you look at our origins, a collective of sovereign territories united as one union, it’s not hard to see the EU as the next version. In fact, the entire EU is less than 1/2 the size of the US (area wise).

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        9 months ago

        Greece’s current Democracy was established in 1974.

        Notice how they said “Established democracies”? The ancient Democracy of Greece did not last for more than two thousand years.

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          They never changed to another form of government since democracy making them the longest uninterrupted democratic nation in the world. But thanks for flexing your uniquely American education.