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Today, the United Nations voted to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes (programming.dev)
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https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/04/world/un-vote-new-world-map-intl-scli

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[–] 53 points 2 months ago* (2 children)

It’s both/and.

Let’s say you’re trying to convince a populace of an unpopular war to invade, I dunno, Greenland. You want to convince the country of its massive land & untapped riches.

Which map would you use?

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    but look at how large Australia looks in the second, maybe that is an alternative place to look to invade - and they have rearearth minerals

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