I’m so fucking done with maps lumping Central Europe into Eastern Europe. Like you wanna tell me that Austria, Greece, Finland are somehow not eastern but Czechia is. Or how sometimes the Baltics are not eastern but Hungary is.
In this thread: westerners telling me what I should think. Well gee, next time maybe tone down the imperialism a bit.
I mean, I am fucking done with maps portraying Europe as a continent. It is called Eurasia, you just like feeling extra special but geographically you are not 🤪
Not in, like, the “there’s nothing there” way, but in the “there’s no substantive economic, social or geographic reasons to treat it as a cohesive region” way
They labelled those parts of the connected landmass with those separate labels so people wouldn’t complain that some parts didn’t belong to the culturally arbitrary grouping.
The point of the map is to demonstrate that Africa is larger than all of those geopolitically relevant areas, and those connected bits fit into the space so it was included. Don’t think too much about it.
I’m so fucking done with maps lumping Central Europe into Eastern Europe. Like you wanna tell me that Austria, Greece, Finland are somehow not eastern but Czechia is. Or how sometimes the Baltics are not eastern but Hungary is.
In this thread: westerners telling me what I should think. Well gee, next time maybe tone down the imperialism a bit.
Typical Europeans: colonizing this post about Africa to make it about themselves instead. \s
I mean, I am fucking done with maps portraying Europe as a continent. It is called Eurasia, you just like feeling extra special but geographically you are not 🤪
Based
Show me your continental plate, “Europe”
I’ve never heard anyone claim the Baltics are not Eastern Europe. Then again, I’m on a different continent.
As for the rest, it’s all down to which side they were on/put in during the Cold War.
Eastern Europe is not real
Not in, like, the “there’s nothing there” way, but in the “there’s no substantive economic, social or geographic reasons to treat it as a cohesive region” way
I mean there is, its the old Soviet block countries, its just not really relevant anymore.
Austria is literally lumped into “Eastern Europe” on this map lol
No, it’s not. That’s why it has its own specific label…
I don’t understand - Greece, EE and Austria are all clearly overlaid in top of each other in the same space. It makes no sense
They labelled those parts of the connected landmass with those separate labels so people wouldn’t complain that some parts didn’t belong to the culturally arbitrary grouping.
The point of the map is to demonstrate that Africa is larger than all of those geopolitically relevant areas, and those connected bits fit into the space so it was included. Don’t think too much about it.
that’s pretty angry