
← Geopolitical Economy Report8 sept · 18 min
USA voted against the ENTIRE WORLD, opposing equal representation of Africa
The United States votes against the entire world in a United Nations General Assembly resolution that called for the UN to adopt a more accurate Equal Earth world map, replacing the colonial-era Mercator projection (of year 1569), which distorts the size of the West, making it look much larger, while Africa appears small. Ben Norton explains how the US empire opposes decolonization and is trying to revive colonialism.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJBb87BUP4M
Topics
0:00 US is a rogue state
0:43 UN vote: 164 to 1 (USA)
1:15 More accurate world map
1:39 Mercator projection
2:34 True size of Africa
3:26 African proposal
3:48 How countries voted at UN
4:21 Ukraine opposes Global South
4:59 US calls it "radical ideology"