I wonder if J.D. Vance has ever thanked France for the support USA got during the War of Independence.

@Tjalve #9889047

Somehow, I doubt it.

A neighbor used to hang a flag on his fence that consisted of a US flag and a pro skin-blob slogan.

The flag had 11 stripes, (not 13), and 38 stars, (not 50).

It stayed up for the better part of a year.

Conclusion: Skin-blob supporters can't count.

white america jumpscare

The current 50 stars version will soon be turning 65 years old, by far the longest iteration it has ever had, followed by the 48 stars version used during both World Wars.

@rtlstien We really should add a couple more.

(DC and Puerto Rico, not Canada and Greenland.)

@VictorMortimer That whole point of DC was so no state could hold the National Capital. For Puerto Rico it will depend on if they ever vote to become of state instead of remaining a US territory (or vote to become fully independent), and then it would have to be approved by congress.

Honestly, I think there's a higher chance of new states forming off current ones, similar to what happened to Virginia during the Civil War.

@rtlstien Well, I believe that when Texas joined, they had a clause saying that they could split into a maximum of 5 states if they wanted to. And I guess that clause is still there.
The problem is however the same as it was before the civil war.
Before the civil war, states joined in pairs. A slave state and a free state. The reason being that slave states would not accept a new free state, and free states would not accept a new slave state. But if one of each joined at the same time, it was acceptable for both.
And now, Republican states won't accept a new Democratic state, and Democratic states won't accept a new Republican state.
So I think now, if Texas and California both want to split up at the same time, that might actually be possible.

When it comes to DC, I fully agree with you. DC should never become a state.
However, I think they should have ONE senator. That would make an odd number of senators, and make sure that you won't get a deadlock in the senate.

The eagle after the first slide: I do not exist

Omg he was so tiny

Most changed flag, yet one of the oldest continuous governments

@CorruptUser

Eh, Tynwald, Tonga, & the Papacy are older.

It really matters what how you define continuous government. However, by at least *one* definition, it qualifies as the oldest, as I recall.

That said, that's only current. Other historical governments may be longer.

And considering how things are looking, it may be losing that 'current' status over the next few months/years.

I wanna comment smth but idk what should I comment

Finally, it's back again! (the US really does have the most changes on its flag)

Umm ... America's tricolor preceded France's, which was also (as was the American one, after all, Yankees had fought "The French & Indian War" wherein they lost ten percent of the population of the Northeast under a tricolour) an homage to the United Kingdom ... which the French thoroughly misunderstand to this day.
The American Constitution precedes almost every European one, too ... and it's uninterrupted form of government, like Britain's, precedes those of every polity on The Continent with the possible exception of The Republic of San Marino and Duchy of Lichtenstein.
Americans needed no permission from France, and in fact seriously harmed their European allies by concluding a separate peace with the Mother Country across The Pond. Just writing as a Canadian here ... our entire identity is about not being American.

@Honzinator France had signed a separate pact with Spain, which the US didn't sign, to continue fighting until Spain's goal of taking Gibraltar was accomplished. This pact would have drawn the US into a war it could not afford to fight in. Thus they signed a separate treaty with Britain.

@Honzinator the comics don't always draw them with the accurate flags at the time