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Mazel Tov!
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Re: What will happen soon
Those of you who think the house of Saud is making major cultural changes are simply wrong.
I know many Saudis. My Arabic is poor, my wife and one son’s are fluent
If you talk to people you realize the religious extremists do not need t9 be the majority, just a sufficient number to keep the nation locked down. Remember the government has no concern about represent their people….only balancing the various factors that keep them rich and in power.
I know many Saudis. My Arabic is poor, my wife and one son’s are fluent
If you talk to people you realize the religious extremists do not need t9 be the majority, just a sufficient number to keep the nation locked down. Remember the government has no concern about represent their people….only balancing the various factors that keep them rich and in power.
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Well I’m basing what I said off an acquaintance who just took a trip there. (He likes to spend his days wandering around different countries.)JayP wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 1:42 pm Those of you who think the house of Saud is making major cultural changes are simply wrong.
I know many Saudis. My Arabic is poor, my wife and one son’s are fluent
If you talk to people you realize the religious extremists do not need t9 be the majority, just a sufficient number to keep the nation locked down. Remember the government has no concern about represent their people….only balancing the various factors that keep them rich and in power.
He was surprised to see the public immodesty and the fact the religious police have a lot less influence now. They have “zones” where things like niqab aren’t enforced. And the plan to allow alcohol sales in Riyadh is real too.
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I've been referencing them a lot at work lately. Makes total sense.
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I understand the other points of view. We have seen moves like this before
Remember being told MBS was a breath of fresh air….until he had a journalist killed in an embassy, cut up and smuggled out?
Remember being told MBS was a breath of fresh air….until he had a journalist killed in an embassy, cut up and smuggled out?
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Politics.
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I don’t think for a second it’s become less authoritarian.
I just think the clerics are gradually losing power. Which is probably a bad thing, as they were a check on the kingdom’s near absolute power. I also suspect MBS wants to eventually wet his beak with a lot more international investment and that means behaving more to Western norms and expectations. I suspect he is moving in the Dubai direction.
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I would never want to defend the house of Saud. But Dubai and Emirates might be the most value less, morally bankrupt place on earth. I do not like Iran. I think their leaders are wrong, but they are sincere.
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I find that most countries leaders are sincere if you know what their goals are.
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