PugJesus@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoGotta admit, I expected this admin to speedrun fascism, but I'd be lying if I said I was expecting it as soon as Aprillemmy.worldimagemessage-square185linkfedilinkarrow-up11.29Karrow-down115
arrow-up11.27Karrow-down1imageGotta admit, I expected this admin to speedrun fascism, but I'd be lying if I said I was expecting it as soon as Aprillemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square185linkfedilink
minus-squareepicstovelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down3·2 months agoI don’t think the US is the oldest democracy as San Marino has been around for a long ass time. When exactly you consider San Marino an Independent entity could be debated but def older than the US.
minus-squareGaMEChld@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·2 months agoTo be fair, that country has a population of 30K. For comparison, my town’s population is 200K. But still an interesting case nonetheless.
minus-squareepicstovelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI think at the time they didn’t believe a republic could really work for a large expansive country and would just use it for smaller city states. Hence why Florence and Venice and San Marino were Republics but then Naples and Sicily were monarchies.
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minus-squareepicstovelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoSure, but still technically older than the US.
I don’t think the US is the oldest democracy as San Marino has been around for a long ass time.
When exactly you consider San Marino an Independent entity could be debated but def older than the US.
To be fair, that country has a population of 30K. For comparison, my town’s population is 200K. But still an interesting case nonetheless.
I think at the time they didn’t believe a republic could really work for a large expansive country and would just use it for smaller city states. Hence why Florence and Venice and San Marino were Republics but then Naples and Sicily were monarchies.
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Sure, but still technically older than the US.