Davriellelouna@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoAfrican Union joins calls to end use of Mercator map that shrinks continent’s sizewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square51linkfedilinkarrow-up1263arrow-down111cross-posted to: news@beehaw.org
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minus-squarePacattack57@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down16·edit-21 year agoThe Mercator is a propaganda campaign to make Christian countries look big and powerful. Ask yourself why is it only “Christian” countries that are distorted. Edit: should have put this /s
minus-squarekopasz7@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoI know right! It’s all done to further Antarctica’s hegemony! Just look how huge it seems! /uj If you want no distortions, get a globe.
minus-squareRaivoKulli@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoBut what about Latin America and Christians parts of Africa
minus-squarePacattack57@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThose are inferior skin colors so they’re excluded. I added to the original comment but I’m trolling lol
The Mercator is a propaganda campaign to make Christian countries look big and powerful. Ask yourself why is it only “Christian” countries that are distorted.
Edit: should have put this /s
I know right! It’s all done to further Antarctica’s hegemony! Just look how huge it seems!
/uj If you want no distortions, get a globe.
But what about Latin America and Christians parts of Africa
Those are inferior skin colors so they’re excluded.
I added to the original comment but I’m trolling lol