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The World In America
20 Jun 2007 09:09 am
Here's a great map from a great blog, Strange Maps. Each state is represented by a foreign country with the same GDP. I'm struck by one obvious thing. The District of Columbia has the same GDP as New Zealand. Now imagine if no one in New Zealand were allowed to vote for their own government, and they were governed by the Senate in Australia as a colony. Yep: that's how it is in America - the once-colonized now colonize themselves.
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