> No democracy has lasted more than a few hundred years. Is it even this long? AFAIK the Greek version of democracy in Athens was very short lived, and the Ro

> No democracy has lasted more than a few hundred years. Is it even this long? AFAIK the Greek version of democracy in Athens was very short lived, and the Roman Republic (which lasted about 500 years, give or take), was certainly not a democracy. The Romans famously sneered at the Greeks for what they called "mob rule" (demokratia). Are there other historical democracies I don't know about that have lasted longer? Otherwise, the U.S. is currently setting the record for longest democracy at 231 years.