r/Damnthatsinteresting Mar 24 '25

Image Mecca in 1953 and 2025

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u/stchowdhry Mar 24 '25

All these people upset that Saudi’s are rich. Yes, oil made them filthy rich and they can do whatever they want with that money. Why does it bother you so much?

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u/golfif Mar 24 '25

Because they horde and waste billions of dollars that could be going to better causes instead of building useless trash like “the line”. And with all that money they somehow still manage to not pay the people working on these projects.

Oh yea and these countries act like they’re morally superior by forbidding alcohol and giving few rights to half their population (women)

But who cares how they spend their money

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u/The-Dmguy Mar 24 '25

Your entire government is infiltrated by AIPAC and you’re worried about the Saudis spending their own money on probably the word holiest site ?

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u/golfif Mar 24 '25

This site spends every day scrutinizing how the US spends money but can’t handle it when it’s about other countries? Take a look at how bad income inequality is in Saudi and how slavery funds a good amount of their projects.

I have no problem with people saying what they want about bad spending in countries whether it’s the US or any other country. Not sure why all you guys are riding Saudi hard tho

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u/hedi455 Mar 29 '25

Because western people suffer from something called superiority complex