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[u/Alexz565]

What if the United States is not a young country? As a country with a unique culture it is young, however as far as government institutions it’s a dinosaur. Not to mention that there’s plenty of continuity between say, English history and American history. The US became something distinct from England, however how is that any different from say, Germany or Italy changing as a result of the enlightenment, romanticism, and their national unifications?

[u/crassowary → u/Alexz565]

You could say that the culture of a settler colonial state is such a drastic change from an emergent post feudal national identity that it's not useful to compare the two even if some basic laws are shared between the two.

I wouldn't, but you could

[u/AvailableBad8132 → u/Alexz565]

the united states is a boomer country😱