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umm Switzerland disagrees with the assessment of the USA being the oldest democratic republic. If we are only speaking of republic, Portugal has been one since
by ringeryless 1y ago
umm Switzerland disagrees with the assessment of the USA being the oldest democratic republic. If we are only speaking of republic, Portugal has been one since the 12th century, albeit there's been 10 or 11 iterations on the constitution, including Salazars so-called New State.
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- 0xDEAFBEAD 1y agoCorrection here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44223617 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44223617