Saudi Money Fuels the Tech Industry. It’s Time to Ask Why

Re:Saudi Money Fuels the Tech Industry. It’s Time to Ask Why by SubiculumCode on Monday November 06, 2017 @10:26PM (#15640857)

Minimum standards of conduct before a nation is allowed to do trade another nation or to join a trade agreement...or basically like most other negotiations.

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Re:Saudi Money Fuels the Tech Industry. It’s Time to Ask Why by alphakappa on Monday November 06, 2017 @10:33PM (#15640890)

This is the same country that the US funnels weapons into, and uses for leverage in the region. Does it make the US complicit in the actions that Saudi Arabia does? Now does it make sense to ask for Saudi Arabia to be sanctioned when it comes to business investments?

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Re:Saudi Money Fuels the Tech Industry. It’s Time to Ask Why by noobermin on Monday November 06, 2017 @10:38PM (#15640916)

I think we are arguing it is.

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Re:Saudi Money Fuels the Tech Industry. It’s Time to Ask Why by QAPereo on Monday November 06, 2017 @10:35PM (#15640903)

So party A has high standards, parties B and C don't and just trade with each other. Party A withers and and its resources are eventually aligned with B and C anyway. This is not an effective way to fight anything, it's just suicide.

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Re:Saudi Money Fuels the Tech Industry. It’s Time to Ask Why by themihai on Monday November 06, 2017 @10:29PM (#15640874)

Just quoting @l33tbro <<Well if you want to talk sanctions, I'd say selling them $110 billion in weapons a few months back is slightly more concerning than where they invest.>>

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Re:Saudi Money Fuels the Tech Industry. It’s Time to Ask Why by stale2002 on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @01:14AM (#15641377)

Ok, and if one country does that, then other countries have an incentive to ignore the agreement, and accept all that sweet sweet money.

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