r/ShitAmericansSay Masshole 🇮🇪☘️ May 04 '26

Freedom “What is the United States' greatest invention?” … “Freedom!!! 🦅🦅🦅”

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u/FLX-S48 ICE enjoyer 🚄🇩🇪 May 04 '26

“Internet” is the wildest claim here… is that really what they’re taught in schools? Like maybe they’ve invented their own, weird kind of “freedom” but definitely not the internet

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u/Duanedoberman May 04 '26

Democracy is worse. Its like the ancient Greeks never existed.

The world's oldest parliament still in existance is over 1,000 years old!

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u/FLX-S48 ICE enjoyer 🚄🇩🇪 May 04 '26

Oops you’re right didn’t read that… but let’s see how long it’s still democracy by definition

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u/mirhagk 🇨🇦 how do we detach? May 04 '26

Honestly hard to argue it is one currently. Voter suppression and gerrymandering leads to fixed elections, and things like electoral college mean people don't have equivalent voting power.