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Re:How Dubai became a model for free trade, openness and amb... by andrepd on Sunday June 24, 2018 @06:38AM (#17385950)
Disgusting. What they call "openness" is repressive law, with exceptions for the very rich wanting to park their money there. What they call "ambition" is princes and others born into wealth, living lavish lifestyles, beyond your dreams, on the backs of slave labour. I quote:

'Human rights organizations have complained about violations of human rights in Dubai.[2] Most notably, some of the 250,000 foreign laborers in the city have been alleged to live in conditions described by Human Rights Watch as being "less than humane".'

When can we stop glorifying these modern day fief lords for being "ambitious visionaries"? In a planet with still so much suffering, they contribute nothing, they leech resources to live obscene lives, they build nothing useful, they improve nobody's life... They are parasites.

Re:How Dubai became a model for free trade, openness and amb... by jeandejean on Sunday June 24, 2018 @08:21AM (#17386256)
I was about to write a comment like that but you did it so well there's no need to... :-)