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Re:Why Are Older Americans Drinking So Much? by emmelaich on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @10:02PM (#39912880)
I appreciate your scepticism towards hope, however the USA is exceptional in the sense it has never had a dictator or monarch - at least since the War of Independence.
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Re:Why Are Older Americans Drinking So Much? by hayst4ck on Saturday April 06, 2024 @06:31PM (#39956263)
I think you should step back and appreciate the implications of the 22nd amendment, including when it was enacted and why.

I am pretty confident that most of our founding fathers would disagree with your complacence.

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Re:Why Are Older Americans Drinking So Much? by dragonwriter on Saturday April 06, 2024 @06:37PM (#39956301)
The time between when what became the USA had a monarch and now is shorter than the time between when Rome was a Kingdom and the end of the Republic.

There is nothing all that exceptional about the fact that the US has gone a bit under 250 years without either a monarch or dictator.

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Re:Why Are Older Americans Drinking So Much? by dllthomas on Saturday April 06, 2024 @07:40PM (#39956722)
It's not unique, but I'm not sure it's not exceptional.
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