The distortion of the world made necessary by a 2-D map was explained to me in grade school back in the 1960s. It is easy to understand and has no diabolical intentions.
Why is this now a headline? Let me guess... it is systemic White racism that is causing the continent of Africa to appear smaller than where most White people live.
Exactly. Conformal mapping was thought up by white slavers to keep persons of color in bondage.
Oh, wait. It was thought up by black Nubians and was stolen by the white slavers who promptly used it to guide their ships full of slaves to a course where they could throw slaves of the ships to feed the sharks.
Yeah, that's the ticket.