> The American government is the longest continually existing "regime" in the world
I'm fairly sure the regime in the UK has lasted longer, technically. You could say that the laws that enabled the current system came into place in 1707 with the Acts of Union, although the modern interpretation took time to come into effect. You could also argue that the supremacy of parliament and thus the beginning of the current regime started in 1688.
The problem with continuous is that things do change over time, and the American system has also evolved since it was conceived.
That's arguing technicalities, and missing the larger point.
Whatever "changes" happen within the US (or the UK) system do not fundamentally uproot the civil servants or the permanent bureaucracy in the West, thus the insinuations remain stable.
Certainly more so than anywhere else in the world. Any changes are minuscule in the grand scheme of things.
I'm fairly sure the regime in the UK has lasted longer, technically. You could say that the laws that enabled the current system came into place in 1707 with the Acts of Union, although the modern interpretation took time to come into effect. You could also argue that the supremacy of parliament and thus the beginning of the current regime started in 1688.
The problem with continuous is that things do change over time, and the American system has also evolved since it was conceived.