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Re:China issues demolition order on world’s largest religiou... by elevenfist on Saturday June 18, 2016 @06:08PM (#11930843)
That's a pretty uninformed understanding of US culture and history, the western legal system dates back far longer than just a few hundred years (over a millennium).

A more apt comparison is the post cultural revolution government, which occurred during the last century.

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Re:China issues demolition order on world’s largest religiou... by hkjgkjy on Saturday June 18, 2016 @08:52PM (#11931350)
> the western legal system dates back far longer than just a few hundred years (over a millennium).

But not western democracy. Notable mentions are Greece and Rome, but those cultures also became history.

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Re:China issues demolition order on world’s largest religiou... by roywiggins on Monday June 20, 2016 @05:21PM (#11941681)
And the Roman Republic lasted a while, but it was eventually replaced by the Empire.
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