• lime!@feddit.nu
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    2 days ago

    it’s a pretty common talking point. and he people most likely to look at maps nowadays are indeed children.

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      it’s a pretty common talking point.

      Not common enough, apparently.

      I have never in my life ever heard anyone equate the size of a country on a map to its importance to global politics and economics. And I am old enough to remember when you had to hang up the phone before you could use the internet.

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        2 days ago

        let me rephase; it’s a pretty common talking point when discussing map projections. has been since the 50s.