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> But hey... Republic comes from Res Publica not Kushan Whatever. Is HN really a place for such uneducated snarky comments? The reason we use Republic and Engl
by FlyingSnake 10y ago
> But hey... Republic comes from Res Publica not Kushan Whatever.
Is HN really a place for such uneducated snarky comments? The reason we use Republic and English is due to the barbaric colonization by European powers in the past.
There were democracies in Ancient East too, and if you read the laws of Ashoka/Gupta etc, you'll find they were much more advanced than most of their contemporaries. We don't need to stoop so low to discredit other cultures just because we can't overcome our bias.
- endisukaj 10y ago> The reason we use Republic and English is due to the barbaric colonization by European powers in the past. The amount of self-loathing in the West is reaching critical levels.