• huf [he/him]
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    10 months ago

    why do mexican states have normal looking borders while the us ones are square jokes?

      • huf [he/him]
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        10 months ago

        far too generous, there wouldnt be that many small states

      • anonochronomus [comrade/them, she/her]
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        edit-2
        10 months ago

        Well, the Mason Dixon line was the first arbitrary, straight line on a map border in history. Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon plotted the border between Pennsylvania and Maryland using astrological navigation techniques, in the field, and had a crew of lumber jacks with them to physically cut the border through the wilderness.