As the inventor of Globe On a String™©® I am WAY ahead of curve.
It was touch and go there for a minuit, but the god like feeling of fishing a string through a planet and suspending it at my sole will, but well ok, I keep it in the livingroom and anyone who visits,but well again, ok, actualy everybody is wierdly intimidated by a Globe on a String™©® and wont give it a swing, though I'm telling you megalomania does have it's moments, and Globe on a String™©® is perfect for those moments where you realy want to take a disproportionate view of the world.
Typical. They're trying to make the 3rd world huge
The "3rd world" is huge. Anyone who thinks otherwise is clearly in need of a less-misleading map.
On a traditional Mercator projection Africa looks to be smaller than the United States and Canada combined. In reality Africa is 50% larger - and those are the 2nd-largest and 3rd-largest countries in the world!
They're huge if you look at area, but what about other axes?
Why do you think that the accurate size isn't worth representing?
It's mathematically impossible. Political mathematics always ends well
Political mathematics like the Mercator projection which shrunk Africa to an unrealistic degree?
Is that why we adopted the Mercator projection? No, it's not
Obviously. Every projection will be off. Unless you are a 15th-century sailor, there is no reason to favor the Mercator projection over any other one. Sticking with it is also a political choice.