Fun fact: Much of the southern states of the united states of america used to be part of Mexico. So Texans complaining about foreigners in "their" country are really misinformed

My dad would like that one

New Zealand ignored again...

Canada: ya we saw that coming

I am a bit frightened by how "accurate" this map seems to be

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Wow I’m actually going to use this 😂

Yeah but what time is it?

Lol I thought something was wrong with the image for a moment…..

They blew up a few in the ocean near us too… {Oz}

Neum

I'm sure they have no regerts 😉

Still accurate but messes with my head. But, now it looks like a map in a JRPG.

This is closer. For a non-U.S. person, Florida and Disney World are one in the same.

And like, all rivers eventually flow into the ocean, man, so like, all the waters of this big blue marble are connected. Whooooooaaaa.

All of my efforts in learning geography have paid off in immediately understanding this joke rather than looking at it for 2 seconds and then deciding "that country must be called Togo". Worth it!!

What happens when they mix?

Help! My brain hurts!

Yea... True that.

THIS

That's why their is the House of Representatives. This is to make sure everywhere and everyone is represented equally and you don't have people making decisions when they don't live there. This just shows a plethora of ignorance.

United STATES of America. If your state didn't want to be treated equally with the other states, it shouldn't have joined. I'm always amazed how often Americans don't understand their own civics.

It's the fault of our public schools that people do not understand the importance of each state having two senators.

Maybe the meme maker doesnt have a clue as to why it was done this way, and thinks they're being clever.

I've always thought our congress would work better if both chambers only had 2 each per state like the Senate and they had to run on the entire state, no districts. We could easily still divide up duties and checks and balances for each chamber. Also campaign finance reform, universal term limits, and a completely redone tax code that doesn't coddle the rich. There's my plan 'Murica.

Whatever made you think that?

because some people do not understand the concept of a Bi-Cameral government. We have 2 houses, a lower house and an upper house. Lower house in by population proportional and handles issues that affect based on population size like spending and taxes, and the upper house, equal representation by state, handles issues that each state has a equal investment in. Now to keep each house in check, each one when they pass a bill, needs to get the other one to sign off on it, thus keeping the two bodies in check, plus 2 other branches of govt. This is the reason why small population states arent completely ignored, otherwise literally 7 states today would control the whole country, and the rest would get screwed over. It protects small states from the big ones taking advantage over them, while at the same time making sure the big states still get representation by population. Also only 45% of the Constitutional delegates owned slaves, and this was Franklin's idea, a abolitionist

the House of Representatives.

Californians say it is very unfair.

The Senate is not based on population, the House of Representatives is. California should have the same number of House members as all the gold states.

and that's why we have a house of congress...

Yeah, but Congress makes up for this with the House of Representatives. Remember that Congress is bicameral: Senate (2 Representatives per state) - House of Representatives (dependent upon population).

THIS meme needs an a*s-terick,*****or seven.

If it wasn't like this, New York and California would decide all national elections. The rest of us wouldn't matter.

But show the House of Representatives instead

This map is highly inaccurate. It was only men in the original 13 colonies, all along the eastern seaboard, who came up with the United States' form of government. Most of these locations are omitted from the gold highlights. And most of the highlighted areas were not part of the United States at the time.

Flip the political lean of these largely populated states - flip the ones complaining...

now compare house of representatives - this is only half the story

And this is why we are a mess. ANd the Electoral College.

F**k California.

DINOSAUR!!!!!!

It's the goldilocks zone