The easiest way to illustrate that is to note that our 'founding' conditions probably involved an extended mammoth hunt. At what point is a country 'founded' in

The easiest way to illustrate that is to note that our 'founding' conditions probably involved an extended mammoth hunt. At what point is a country 'founded' in Chomsky's model? Is he talking about when a dynasty begins, or when it achieves independence, or when it's first settled, or what? If your American example is from Chomsky, it's hilariously un-Chomskian "Since America began -- by which I mean, when Europeans got there..."