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> 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 yea

> 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".

moe_sc 2y ago
But it is in a political context.
- CRConrad 2y ago
  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?”. Yo