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99 years or 999 years. AKA a leasehold

• sokoloff 2y ago
  Those are quite different lengths in practice. 99 is less than some individual humans have lived. 999 is longer than any* country has continuously lived. If I have a 999 year leasehold, that's the same as ownership in practical terms as my ownership goes away when the government fails and is replaced/taken over/overthrown. In tech specifically, a 99 year lease is practically permanent as well. (1925 was before the first RF transmission of a television picture.) * Maybe Japan is an exception here.
  • actionfromafar 2y ago
    Contenders: Denmark, Hungary, China, Czechia, France, England and a bunch of others depending on how you count, like Georgia, Russia, Ukraine, Sweden etc.
    • lesuorac 2y ago
      Nobodys claiming no group of people lived in Denmark, Hungary, China, etc for 999+ years. They're claiming none of their governements is over 999 years old. Denmark's constitution is from 1849 [1]. Hungary's constitution is from 1949 / 1989 [2]. China's government is form 1949 (when the previous government got overthrown and went to Taiwan) [3]. I'm not going through the whole list. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark#Government_and_politics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark#Government_and_politic... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Hungary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Hungary [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_China