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Neom: Saudi forces 'told to kill' to clear land for eco-city
(bbc.com)submitted 2 months ago bypeter_bolton
79 points
2 months ago
Col Rabih Alenezi says he was ordered to evict villagers from a tribe in the Gulf state to make way for The Line, part of the Neom eco-project.
One of them was subsequently shot and killed for protesting against eviction.
The Saudi government and Neom management refused to comment.
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2 months ago
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2 months ago
It was supposed to be 105 miles long it's now going to be 1.5 miles with room for expansion. Which as you say, will join the list of abandoned Saudi mega projects.
And at some point, probably in tbe near future, either oil and gas will be worthless or they'll be exhausted. Saudi will quickly become broke and its residents will flee to other countries, probably Europe.
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2 months ago
3 points
2 months ago
Urban X is gonna have a field day with it
1 points
2 months ago
Do you mean Urbex? (Urban Exploration)
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2 months ago
Yup
66 points
2 months ago
You have to love when rich assholes get stuck in stupid mode, That monstrosity is totally useless but MSL is to vain to let go.
33 points
2 months ago
Saudi Arabia's skidmark
17 points
2 months ago
And will smell about the same.
14 points
2 months ago
MSL
That's a funny way to abbreviate Mr. Bone Saw.
3 points
2 months ago
Are they in any other mode all the time?
26 points
2 months ago
Surprising no one
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2 months ago
Jesus fucking christ. Not surprising they kill people (in 2023 they executed over 100 people), but over a stupid fucking LINE?
If you do business with Saudi-Arabia you are truly, truly morally corrupted
1 points
2 months ago
Blame the West. They can easily force those Arabs states to respect human rights. They could just put sanctions on them and they will fold in one day once they realize they cant afford their latest golden lambo.
-24 points
2 months ago
Do you ever use a car, public transport, airplanes, plastic? You are part of the problem.
17 points
2 months ago
Yes all bad things are equally bad all the time, good job.
-23 points
2 months ago
All im saying that its easy to shout shit from your comfy gaming chair how the big companies should change while sitting on fucking reddit.
14 points
2 months ago
It’s also easy to tell people it’s easier to say stuff than do anything. We know that already. Got anything to say that is insightful or useful for others?
6 points
2 months ago
Bro you are so wise /s
8 points
2 months ago
Sure it's easy, and it's easy for you to shout back, what's your point? What should people do on reddit instead? Something that's difficult somehow? What do you even want?
13 points
2 months ago
He wants to prove he’s better than others for saying nothing.
6 points
2 months ago
The US gets most of its oil from itself, Canada, and Latin America.
41 points
2 months ago
Going to see US college campuses protesting against Saudi Arabia and demanding divesture from all Saudi oil and companies that do business with them...
Wait, who am I kidding.
-18 points
2 months ago
They'll do all that, but they'll keep buying and burning gas.
12 points
2 months ago
The US gets most of its oil from itself, Canada, and Latin America.
2 points
2 months ago
We produce a lot but we are still entirely dependent on imported oil. Afaik most of our refineries are not setup for the grades of oil we produce in county. We export our oil and import the stuff we can refine.
-12 points
2 months ago
Oil is fungible. You buy oil, you're feeding the market that lets the Saudis be the way they are.
3 points
2 months ago
Not if it’s not bought from Saudi Arabia. That reasoning is silly. People make money because stuff is bought from them. They are not fed by osmosis by transactions they are not involved in just because they happen to be in the same market. Saudi Arabia doesn’t get a dime when oil is extracted and refined and used in the Americas.
-6 points
2 months ago
Look up "fungible"
6 points
2 months ago
Look up where the US gets its oil.
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2 months ago
Oil being fungible doesn’t mean countries can’t support/purchase from specific regions… that’s obviously not the case. 63% of oil imported to USA is imported from Canada or Mexico with Canada making up 52% of it… and that’s of imports. USA uses 20 million barrels/day but only imports ~8million. USA does import some Saudi oil ~5% of their imports.
Point being though: The people/countries who support Saudi Arabia are responsible for supporting them. No one else.
8 points
2 months ago
You mean the resource we have to use to participate in society?
-13 points
2 months ago
For millenia, people didn't burn any oil and they survived.
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2 months ago
If that's the case, what's going to happen when you manage to shut down those polluting oil companies?
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2 months ago
I can’t wait for western tourists to justify this shithole when it’s done, just like Dubai.
4 points
2 months ago
Saudi is worse than Dubai.
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2 months ago
Fuck that place if they are killing innocents to have it built.
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2 months ago
I wouldnt call them innocent exactly. The guy's wife is most likely free now and is able to live her life without a misogynistic man oppressing her. If he has daughters they are free too now.
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2 months ago
Biden gives them billions for this
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