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spicyusername on May 11, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: When old historic maps overlap with modern politic...

In a way it would be surprising if we didn't see trends like this.

Reminds me of this quote:

Everything is what it is because it got that way. - D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, On Growth and Form

enasterosophes on May 11, 2022 [–]

I had the same thought. What, do people think the politics of a region gets routinely shuffled without any influence from geographical or historical context?

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