alt Hacker NewsThe U.S. Constitution is older than the current constitution of every EU member state and has remained continuously in force longer than any of them.
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sparqlittlestar • today at 4:53 AM
You know that's not a good thing, right?
The U.S. Constitution is older than the current constitution of every EU member state and has remained continuously in force longer than any of them.
You know that's not a good thing, right?
A country that is a thousand years old is obviously going to have to change its constitution.
European countries have gone from massive societal changes to massive societal changes (for example from monarchies to republics).
The USA is a new country, and its constitutional rigidity causes a lot of social and political problems that most likely will lead to big changes in the future.
Yes, some countries in Europe remained monarchies for 1500 years or longer. They didn't really have a constituion back then because they were not republics.