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<https://www.docdroid.net/847v2dg/img-20170413-0001-new.pdf.html> 「 **位置の平等**
」は難しい。 Literally, I'd translate the stuff in bold as "The equality of
situation". Does the whole sentence then mean that its difficult to establish
equality for every situation? In this case, the expression in bold could be
translated as "situatitive equality" maybe?

It's not that this small phrase would be hard for me to understand
grammatically, but I feel very unsure about the meaning I should extract from
it xD
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expressions phrases semantics
Meaning of 「位置の平等」は難しい。
平等 here is _fairness_. 「位置の平等」は難しい means _It's difficult to position a country
while being fair to every other._

I think the idea that the author tries to convey is a bit strange but why not?
People from the northern hemisphere are those who used maps first and they
placed their countries above those of the southern hemisphere. That is not
fair to those in the southern hemisphere. Why should they be below the
northern hemisphere?

So to please everybody, why not have North and South swapped around with East
and West. Then, Africa is above and Latin America is below. That's not fair
either.

What should we do? Nothing. Just accept that a choice of representation has
been done in your stead and lament the fact that 「位置の平等」は難しい .
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