cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 months agoHow vulnerable are various Western Supreme Courts from devolving into the mockery that is the current US one?message-squaremessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down18
arrow-up199arrow-down1message-squareHow vulnerable are various Western Supreme Courts from devolving into the mockery that is the current US one?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareNeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down6·5 months ago one of the oldest democracies. The Greek cities want to have a word with you.
minus-squareLogi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·edit-25 months agoThey are covered by the “one of” part of the sentence. And the current Greek democratic system is not old in the sense that the US system is old. Greek democracy has also been far from continuous, if we want to take that into account.
minus-squareNeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·5 months ago far from continuous lasted longer than the whole Usa LOL
minus-squareBoozilla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·5 months agoWhich is why I said “one of”. Keep calm and pedant on.
minus-squarebradorsomething@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·5 months agoWell they wrote that yesterday, on one of the oldest days.
The Greek cities want to have a word with you.
They are covered by the “one of” part of the sentence. And the current Greek democratic system is not old in the sense that the US system is old.
Greek democracy has also been far from continuous, if we want to take that into account.
lasted longer than the whole Usa LOL
Which is why I said “one of”. Keep calm and pedant on.
Well they wrote that yesterday, on one of the oldest days.