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0 pointswritebetterc1y ago0 comments

> In fact, it was the United States that pioneered this in the modern age.

This was instituted in Sweden in the year 1766. Source: https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offentlighetsprincipen

That's 10 years before the USA declared independence.

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reaperducer1y ago· 1 in thread

I guess we have different definitions of "modern" age.

>pioneer something when somebody pioneers something, they are one of the first people to do, discover or use something new.

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