>both former colonies of strong states >both achieved liberation

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>both former colonies of strong states
>both achieved liberation from monarchy
>both have strong traditions of disdain/distrust for monarchy, and "King" would become a bad word
>both went from a laughingstock backwater full of ne'er-do-wells to dominate the world*
>both have extremely strong military traditions
>both overcame an immensely powerful rival (Carthage/USSR)
>both have strong democratic traditions that outlast any one ruler
>both became synonymous with decadence and excess
>both have scum from every corner of Jupiter's green Gaia trying to get in and become citizens
>both were VERY heavily influenced by a single foreign power (Greece/Britain)
>both the foreign powers they were influenced by thought them coarse and crude
>both started vicious wars in the Middle East
>both were copied by everyone who was even remotely civilized
>everybody else who isn't them hates them both
>neither care(d)

Why can't you morons finally accept that the United States of America is the modern day Rome and sole TRUE inheritor of the SPQR belt