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A threads post saying “There has never been another nation ever that has existed much beyond 250 years. Not a single one. America’s 250th year is 2025. The next 4 years are gonna be pretty interesting considering everything that’s already been said.” It has a reply saying “My local pub is older than your country”.

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    • barneypiccolo@lemm.eeEnglish
      14·
      2 months ago

      I used to be in the record business, and worked for a time for a Chinese record company who was releasing indigenous folk and classical music.

      Western music traces back about 1000-1200 years, while Chinese music has an unbroken written musical tradition going back several thousands of years.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      2 months ago

      China gets a bit fuzzier in between dynasties and revolutions. But there are definitely multiple post-Unification dynasties that lasted longer than 250 years.