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Infinite America - by Sam Kriss - Numb at the Lodge

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2,500 years of the USA

You really believe the United States of America is only 250 years old? You really think that? No way, man. That’s crazy. The real number—well, there’s what I can prove, which is that America is much older, ten times that, vastly ancient, falling deep into antiquity: two and a half thousand years old, easy. Everything you think you know is wrong. You believe in the Founding Fathers? You think little George Washington chopped down that cherry tree? Listen, the real George Washington lived thousands of years ago. His naked body was splattered with vermilion; his face was covered in tattoos of a…

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