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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”.

Edit: swapped image link, RIP lemm.ee

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  • tburkhol@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    If you’re going to count every little border change, then the US is only 66 years old - Alaska and Hawaii joined in 1959. If you’re going to count every little constitutional revision, then the US is only 33 - the 27th amendment was finally ratified only in 1992.