Have you ever heard of an octopus map? If not, you’ll likely see them everywhere after this, as a new study demonstrates. In short, an octopus map is a map that depicts some enemy as a centralized menace with various tentacle-like threats dispersing from them across other territories, or indeed the whole world. Traditionally, these maps have been used to depict political threats, financial systems, or even empires, but it seems they are also popular among conspiracy theorists. To be clear, this is not a map that is used for anything other than conveying a metaphor of influence, often sinister....
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