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Re:Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahr... by g-mork on Saturday April 04, 2026 @07:03PM (#47644455)
It is hilarious, because it is blinded by our own self-imposed optics. It has been our policy to import droves of immigrant workers who have little hope but to take up gig economy jobs often illegally and remain fixed at the same (or worse) levels of economic status as the day they arrived in the country. Yes in Dubai they simply confiscate passports. At least they're honest about it
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Re:Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahr... by refulgentis on Saturday April 04, 2026 @07:04PM (#47644472)
The kafala system confiscates your passport. You can't quit, can't switch employers, can't leave the country. People die in labor camps building these vanity projects. The UN classifies it as modern slavery.

A Just Eat rider in Amsterdam can quit tomorrow and sue their employer. Those aren't the same thing. You can criticize Europe's treatment of immigrant workers without pretending the difference is just honesty.

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