Does any nation on earth sincerely ask itself what some guy from 250 years ago would think about said country's modern state or is that only a thing that Americans do? Is there any other equivalent?

  • keepcarrot [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    I despair at aussie "disengaged" culture. (that said, I have no idea who wrote our constitution or was our first PM, something that would pretty hard to accomplish in the US)

        • forcequit [she/her]
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          1 year ago

          Ned Kelly never had a "such is life" tattoo so he's cool in my books

          • keepcarrot [she/her]
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            1 year ago

            That said, I cannot imagine someone pulling up anyone else on a piece of policy saying "That's not what Ned Kelly meant" or "That's not what Lord Fremantle would do". America feels almost unique in that regard. Maybe Bolivians and Bolivar or Cubans and Castro?