[JadeNB]

This is an interesting counterpoint, but I'm not sure it's a counterexample: those governments kept existing, in the sense that the, say, Cuban government existed both before and after; they just had radical changes of direction and leadership. The same can and does happen to companies, and I think many casual observers would say that the business has survived.

[malermeister]

That is a fair point! As a full counterexample, East Germany stopped existing after the wall fell.

[JadeNB]

> That is a fair point! As a full counterexample, East Germany stopped existing after the wall fell.

Ah, good example.