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Typical. They're trying to make the 3rd world huge
by final_aeon 13d ago
Typical. They're trying to make the 3rd world huge
- Bjartr 13d agoWhy do you think that the accurate size isn't worth representing?
- final_aeon 13d agoIt's mathematically impossible. Political mathematics always ends well
- VertanaNinjai 13d agoPolitical mathematics like the Mercator projection which shrunk Africa to an unrealistic degree?
- final_aeon 13d agoIs that why we adopted the Mercator projection? No, it's not
- VertanaNinjai 12d agoI don’t know who “we” is, but seeing as this map was made in the 1500s by a European there is certainly an argument to be made that it is rooted in a Euro-centric view of the world. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/04/un-vote-world-map-mercator-equal-earth-africa https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/04/un-vote-world-...
- crote 13d agoObviously. Every projection will be off. Unless you are a 15th-century sailor, there is no reason to favor the Mercator projection over any other one. Sticking with it is also a political choice.
- crote 13d agoThe "3rd world" is huge. Anyone who thinks otherwise is clearly in need of a less-misleading map. On a traditional Mercator projection Africa looks to be smaller than the United States and Canada combined. In reality Africa is 50% larger - and those are the 2nd-largest and 3rd-largest countries in the world!
- final_aeon 13d agoThey're huge if you look at area, but what about other axes?