Gianforte won... wtf is wrong with people. Idiocracy, here we come.
also the country exist way longer than the USA exist.
and there you are wrong, i am german
*cough* 1776 came before 1871 *cough*
To be fair, Germany existed long before it was called Germany.
I claim that it was called Germany ("Deutschland") long before it existed.
Hmmm that could be the case as well... Sort of like my country, we're told it exists since before Jesus, but frankly I have no idea what ancient Greece has to do with modern Greece other than the language and sort of the geographical location.
It just depends on if you mean 'Germany" or "Greece" as a souverain state or as the land where the Germans or Greeks live. Fun fact: both were the main inhabitants of medieval empires that called itself "Roman Empire".
But what are Germans and Greeks then? It's hard to find meaning in this whole "national identity" business.
Well, both are names given from outside. In medieval times a "diutscher" and a "hellenikos" meant basically people who speak the German/Greek language, but they didn't feel as a "nation" in the modern sense.
Though in ancient times Greeks did have a strong sense of identity (but not in a political sense). You were a "hellenikos" if you were not a "barbaros". As such you were not only expected to speak a Greek dialect but also to share some common values - and you were entitled to combat at the Olympic games!
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