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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•13 days agoI don’t think the US is the oldest democracy as San Marino has been around for a long ass time. When exactly you consider San Marino an Independent entity could be debated but def older than the US.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•13 days agoTo be fair, that country has a population of 30K. For comparison, my town’s population is 200K. But still an interesting case nonetheless.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•13 days agoI think at the time they didn’t believe a republic could really work for a large expansive country and would just use it for smaller city states. Hence why Florence and Venice and San Marino were Republics but then Naples and Sicily were monarchies.
I don’t think the US is the oldest democracy as San Marino has been around for a long ass time.
When exactly you consider San Marino an Independent entity could be debated but def older than the US.
To be fair, that country has a population of 30K. For comparison, my town’s population is 200K. But still an interesting case nonetheless.
I think at the time they didn’t believe a republic could really work for a large expansive country and would just use it for smaller city states. Hence why Florence and Venice and San Marino were Republics but then Naples and Sicily were monarchies.