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[โ€“] stringere@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1984%27s_Geopolitics.png

The three fictional superstates of the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four are Oceania (black), Eurasia (red), and Eastasia (yellow). 'Disputed territories' are indicated in grey.

Orwell may have gotten the borders wrong but more and more each day it feels like everything else is lining up for the conditions in 1984.

Nice picture. Thank you, Sunshine.
To further drive the point home, it could have the US and China kicking around and crushing the little countries in the top half.

[โ€“] bunchberry@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

This is precisely why the US loves to balkanize big countries.

[โ€“] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Balkanize. Bulkanize would probably be the opposite :D Look at that bulky Euro cube!

[โ€“] pseudo@jlai.lu 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)
[โ€“] Sunshine@piefed.ca 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] sundaymidnight@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (16 children)

Russia has more than 80 oblasts and republiques, China is a huge land, USA too...

Europe, in comparison, us really small. Seriously, a teacher teached us that the complete Europe is practically our country (Argentina). Then, you don't have opportunity in a separated forn. But you must cooperate positively with others (abandoning the colonialism). USA, China and Russia are the doom of world.

Evidently, we need to explore another options that it's not to submit to dictatorships but to live a good human life.

[โ€“] dublet@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Seriously, a teacher teached us that the complete Europe is practically our country (Argentina)

At time of writing, the EU is 4 million kmยฒ, Argentina's land area is 2,780,085 kmยฒ. The whole continent of Europe is about 10,014,000 kmยฒ. Depending on when you were taught this factoid, your teacher was not correct.

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[โ€“] basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 week ago

complete Europe is practically our country (Argentina).

By area Argentina is 66% of EU and EU is 43% of USA. Although Argentina is still the 8th.

The whole continent of Europe is a little bit larger than the USA. At least with how it is defined on Wikipedia (Ural mountain/river as border) and Russia would cover 39% of that area.

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