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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

one of the oldest democracies.

The Greek cities want to have a word with you.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 months ago

Well they wrote that yesterday, on one of the oldest days.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Which is why I said "one of". Keep calm and pedant on.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

They are covered by the "one of" part of the sentence. And the current Greek democratic system is not old in the sense that the US system is old.

Greek democracy has also been far from continuous, if we want to take that into account.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

far from continuous

lasted longer than the whole Usa LOL