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> It's still the best Constitution. [citation needed]

• DiggyJohnson 3y ago
  It’s like 8 times older than the average age of most constitutions. So it has longevity and staying power.
• paulddraper 3y ago
  It has lasted longer than every other constitution for every other country. Doesn't make it the "best" but on the other hand you can't achieve that kind of longevity by "smoking the bad stuff."
  • dragonwriter 3y ago
    > It has lasted longer than every other constitution for every other country. No it hasn't. The oldest written national constitution in continuous effect is that of San Marino, from 1600 (unless you count some charters that usually aren't treated that way, like Magna Carta). And plenty of nations survive just fine with traditional rather than integrated written constitutions, which are something of a modern fad, which is why none of the longest continuous constitutional systems have a written constitution in the first place.
    • paulddraper 3y ago
      I make no claim that a country has to have a written constitution. Okay, oldest constitution for a country bigger than a football stadium. Like I said, doesn't make it "best" but clearly has something going for it.
      • dragonwriter 3y ago
        > I make no claim that a country has to have a written constitution. The claim that the US has the oldest constitution, even with the caveats necessary to exclude older written constitutions, is simply false; countries without single integrated written constitutions still have constitutions, and many of those are much older in continuous operation than the US constitution (or the US).
• WalterBright 3y ago
  The US is the most prosperous and free'est country ever.