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Orwi@programming.dev to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world ·
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Today, the United Nations voted to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes

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Today, the United Nations voted to adopt a new world map that reflects countries’ true relative sizes

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Orwi@programming.dev to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world ·
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https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/04/world/un-vote-new-world-map-intl-scli

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    The United States cast the sole vote against, dismissing the initiative as part of a “radical ideological project.”

    https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/09/1168284

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      “radical” lost all meaning in the US

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        It has. I am just hoping that once cheeto man is out of office that life in the US can progress back to something more recognizable again.

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          You need to flush the system of all his acolytes too.

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      I saw the US was against it an thought it had to be smth like this. Only americans can look at a problem like “you can’t project a 3D sphere onto a 2D plane” and think “waow this is a little too political for me” (I know I’m oversimplifying but u get the gist)

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      In other words, the reasons and explanations were too difficult for the American envoy to grasp.

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