> Of course, pictures like this are more profound for what you don’t see: country borders.
Except, some country borders are phenomenally obvious from space - those that separate totalitarian / communist countries from free market / democratic countries.
Look at the border between Israel and Syria.
Look at the border between North Korea and South Korea.
Look at older pictures of the border between East Germany and West Germany.
Capitalism lets people grow, innovate, and develop. Authoritarian governments stifle that.
Thus, in pictures from space, capitalist countries are well lit (if at night), or covered in crops (during the day), and countries with large governments are dark (at night) and barren (during the day).
Except, some country borders are phenomenally obvious from space - those that separate totalitarian / communist countries from free market / democratic countries.
Look at the border between Israel and Syria.
Look at the border between North Korea and South Korea.
Look at older pictures of the border between East Germany and West Germany.
Capitalism lets people grow, innovate, and develop. Authoritarian governments stifle that.
Thus, in pictures from space, capitalist countries are well lit (if at night), or covered in crops (during the day), and countries with large governments are dark (at night) and barren (during the day).