Comment by CRConrad
2 years ago
> Do any country histories remain pure with such a long timeline?
You know the old joke, "Europeans think 100 miles is a long distance; Americans think 100 years is a long time", I presume?
OK, so I'm a European, but still: 170 years is NOT, in a historical context, "a long timeline".
But it is in a political context.
The question was:
> > > Do any country histories remain pure with such a long timeline?
(Emphasis added.)
And not, you will notice, “Does any country’s politics remain pure with such a long timeline?”.
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