alt Hacker NewsThe whole reason the US founding fathers are amazing is that they proved him concretely incorrect. US will celebrate 250 years of democracy this year.
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blurbleblurble • today at 4:41 PM
It'd be hilarious if it was a fiction, some bitter comedic cautionary satire
convolvatron • today at 4:32 PM
what better way to celebrate the democracy by combining it with a celebration of the birthday of the Great Leader, with a soviet style military parade and an admonition that any protest will be met with the harshest of consequences.
hluska • today at 5:00 PM
I know that math makes it harder to come up with political zingers but if there are two civilizations; one lasted 150 years and the other lasted 250 years the average is 200.
a022311 • today at 3:33 PM
If that's what you call a democracy, sure... I don't think most people will agree with you though.
That doesn’t disprove him at all: if the average one lasts 200 years and not all last exactly 200, then some will necessarily last more than 200. This is a mathematical consequence of what an average means.