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0 pointssmcin2y ago0 comments

Very funny. America is nowhere near "the oldest nation on earth".

Denmark has existed as a unified country since the 8th century AD [https://japan.um.dk/en/about-denmark/denmark/history]

and many others.

Let's make revisionism fun: "Asterix in the USA" (1994 film): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterix_Conquers_America

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tssva2y ago· 2 in thread

It was sarcasm. One clue that a non-American might not get is that Benjamin Franklin was never president.

smcinOP2y ago

I know that, you noticed the first two words were "Very funny"?

The rest of it was directed at other people who genuinely believe the claim.

The rest of it seems to have missed that the original comment was sarcasm.

> Very funny. America is nowhere near "the oldest nation on earth".

So you're agreeing that it is indeed the greatest nation on earth?

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