▲ 938 ▼ USA presidential candidates (lemmy.ml) submitted 2 years ago by Confidant6198@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml 127 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Oldest active constitution is San Marino. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Hirom@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago* That's interesting. Thanks for pointing it out. My point is having a very old constitution isn't much of a boast if keeping it as-is causes political issues. permalink fedilink source parent [–] xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Presumably what the other commenter was referring to is the US having the oldest codified constitution permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Which is honestly meaningless but very convenient for US narrations. There were also older de facto constitutions, which are usually forgotten like the Henrician Articles of P-L Commonwealth. US constitution is famous because it was the one which was loudly proclaimed and imitated later. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago Ok 👍 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago* That's interesting. Thanks for pointing it out. My point is having a very old constitution isn't much of a boast if keeping it as-is causes political issues. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Presumably what the other commenter was referring to is the US having the oldest codified constitution permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Which is honestly meaningless but very convenient for US narrations. There were also older de facto constitutions, which are usually forgotten like the Henrician Articles of P-L Commonwealth. US constitution is famous because it was the one which was loudly proclaimed and imitated later. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago Ok 👍 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Which is honestly meaningless but very convenient for US narrations. There were also older de facto constitutions, which are usually forgotten like the Henrician Articles of P-L Commonwealth. US constitution is famous because it was the one which was loudly proclaimed and imitated later. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago Ok 👍 permalink fedilink source parent