• bitjunkie@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      The United States is a state. The united states that make it up are states, in a different sense of the word. The brain hurt is happening because you’re using two different definitions of the same thing really close together.

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        4 months ago

        No, are you? (Wtf, is this reddit or something?)

        “The US is a failed state” is just grammatically incorrect sentence.

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          4 months ago

          No it fucking isn’t, because the phrase “The United States” is a proper noun referring to a singular entity.