I've been alive more than 25% of this country's history, but in fact really America wasn't born in 1776.. from 1776 to 1792 which I think is the date in which the current constitution was installed by the plutocrats, the nation was quite different from the nation that was created after the installation of the current constitution.. I think 1792 is the year that it took effect.. so what's that 226 + 8? America's really only 234 years old that's when the pseudo-democratic Constitution was put in place by the founding plutocrats. Hope this helps