a traditional English term used to describe a political community as having been founded for the common good,
Ah yes, sure the indigenous peoples agree
Mass, maybe. Virginia, probably not. Pennsylvania, no. Kentucky is where the common good goes to die.
I knew PA was didn’t know Kentucky was
Yup. They’re both working for the common good.
They claim to be. Massachusetts even succeeds sometimes
And they’re annoying about it
Massachusetts also has Baltimore, the nation’s largest independent city.
Weird way to spell Maryland
No. That’s not correct. Get your shit straight.
The “commonwealth” appellation is merely stylistic and carries no legal or political significance.
It’s just a name, it means nothing legally
Well it does mean in criminal cases you don’t call the prosecutors the state, but you call them “the commonwealth” which is interesting.
sometimes we Pennsylvanians like to be a little fancy
I doff my had to you good sir
She on my wealth til I com.
bonk me again and i will use jawn in a very unfitting and cringeworthy way
jokes on you I’m not originally from Philly i find all uses of jawn to be cringe (and use it anyway) YOUR MOVE
ikr? Colonialism is so damn fancy.
i mean it wouldn’t be any less colonial if it was called a state :( but that’s a fair point
