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Re:Maps Distort How We See the World by IIAOPSW on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @07:07PM (#36425978)
>That’s odd. Did you think land mass was somehow really important?

If it wasn't, why was so much of history spent fighting over it?

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Re:Maps Distort How We See the World by prepend on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @11:22PM (#36427655)
History was spent fighting over valuable resources, not sheer size.

No one fought much over Canada and Siberia and they are huge.

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