• Haagel@lemmings.world
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    11 months ago

    My friend in Saudi is one of the consultants that helped the Prince to win this bid for Riyadh and he’s told me all about this initiative.

    We all know that Saudi Arabia, like much of the middle east, has got some atrocious human rights issues. However, the Prince is really try to herald a new age of diversity and tolerance and modernity in Saudi and I think that we should be optimistic about this gradual change of direction.

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            11 months ago

            It’s very easy to be outraged on the internet. It’s very difficult to enact real world changes in a positive direction.

            Although I’m American I know real Saudis who are trying to make positive changes in the country and in the region. This is a small example of the their success.

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              You stfu you lying twat. You don’t know real saudis. no rational Saudi is happy about the poverty, repression, unreprested high taxes, corruption and stealing of country’s wealth, oil and resources, no freedom of speech, zero political participation or reprezentation, illegal, forced and lethal eviction of lands for government projects, lack of government support and jailing , killing, and torturing and beheadings of all protestors and human right activists. They have an entire minestry that pays shill to spread bullshit propaganda online.

              It fucking disgusts me when an American with his freedom and rights says that people in corrupt oppressive dictatorships love it and doing good when they can’t even voice anything on their own

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                11 months ago

                I hate to break it to you, my friend, but there are many, many wonderful people even in the terrible places of the world. I’m sorry that you haven’t met enough of them to have any optimism about humanity.

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                  11 months ago

                  wonderful people yeah but not ones who are happy with and cheer on injustice and oppression like you said. your comment doesnt make sense

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      11 months ago

      lying scum. no one loves oppression and no human rights, zero political participation and no freedom of speech. poverty, corruption and stealing of public wealth.