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holy fuck, that's intellectually, historically and morally revolting all at the same time
It's beautiful, isn't it? Even the sign that says "west" is pointing right.
Assuming they're on the east coast with the ocean on the left of the image, it should be pointing right.
Yeah, but usually, the perspective matches the map perspective, so people expect west to be left. The fact that the sign is there at all points to the orientation being deliberately backwards.