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(37,385 posts) Thu Sep 4, 2025, 09:02 AM Sep 4

The African Union argues that the Mercator projection distorts the continent, both in size and global attention.

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Africa wants its true size on the world map [View all] Swede Sep 4 OP

Trump will ban that idea as woke newdeal2 Sep 4 #1

Trump won't get a bigger vote JustAnotherGen Sep 4 #2

He doesn't care too much. He just wants to control US newdeal2 Sep 4 #5

Half of MAGA are flat-earthers Prairie Gates Sep 4 #3

The dictatorship is now JustAnotherGen Sep 4 #6

This reminds me of a great West Wing episode LetMyPeopleVote Sep 4 #4

Austral Earth Map sl8 Sep 4 #7

VERY effective graphic comparison of Africa vs other regions, countries eppur_se_muova Sep 4 #8

I've had this argument with someone TlalocW Sep 4 #9

That is why every school and every home should have a globe. MineralMan Sep 4 #10

This is simply anti-Greenland propaganda Jose Garcia Sep 4 #11

Googling for square miles... nitpicked Sep 4 #12

Absolutely do not care about this. NT Happy Hoosier Sep 4 #13

Find this Mercator guy and put him under oath. Sneederbunk Sep 4 #14