[CRConrad]

> Do any country histories remain pure with such a long timeline?

You know the old joke, "Europeans think 100 miles is a long distance; Americans think 100 years is a long time", I presume?

OK, so I'm a European, but still: 170 years is NOT, in a historical context, "a long timeline".

[moe_sc]

But it is in a political context.

[CRConrad]

The question was:

> > > Do any country histories remain pure with such a long timeline?

(Emphasis added.)

And not, you will notice, “Does any country’s politics remain pure with such a long timeline?”.

Yo