Dubai Slavery

[Butters]

This is the reason I don't wanna visit Dubai. No character, fake luxury built by modern slavery. 

 

[Twentyfirst]

*Watches 20 minute propaganda video from idiotic biased and hypocritical westerner - Will never visit this city in my life*

https://www.hrsd.gov.sa/en/knowledge-centre/articles/progress-saudi-labor-market

 

[Butters]

8 hours ago, Twentyfirst said:

*Watches 20 minute propaganda video from idiotic biased and hypocritical westerner - Will never visit this city in my life*

https://www.hrsd.gov.sa/en/knowledge-centre/articles/progress-saudi-labor-market

 

Nobody said that. What's the reason you think it's a lovely place? I think it's repulsive and has no culture or warm atmosphere from what I've seen. They also don't respect personal freedoms and have homophobic laws. No thanks. 

Edited Friday at 07:07 AM by Butters

[Sucuk Ekmek]

I mean all cities in the world are flying gigabytes of discord. Folks don't have the autonomy over how they shape themselves and their surroundings.

Today I found the plumber who connected the apartment’s water pipe to the main line, and I argued with him. Because in this city, some people do the same job unsynchronized just to win more contracts. We have to keep inventing different things just to keep some people employed. I asked him where the pipe was located on the plan, and he told me he had built 200 more houses like this. Things are like this all over the world, not just in my small city in some random state.

 

[Sandroew]

I saw a different source telling about this, im pretty sure there are interviews with people who worked there as well. Wont go there either.

[zazen]

Dubai somehow manages to have 1st world facilities and luxuries whilst hosting a labour force at almost 3rd world rates, whilst having the stability (politically, economically, and geographically) that the developing world and now even the “developed” world lacks.

This is one reason the quality of life for the price is unmatched - ethics aside.

For example people get the facilities and luxuries of the 1st world, including safety that is increasingly absent in the 1st world,  whilst also having access to a cheaper labour force for every day services - as if you were in a less developed country with that sort of buying power.

Say you have elderly parents that need care for example. In the UK it costs anywhere from £5-£7k a month for a full time carer or £60-£85k yearly. In Dubai you can get that service for £2-£3k. Cleaning, cooking or a driver also at way lower rates.

If you’re running a business it’s 0% income tax and 9% corporate tax on anything over 100k (first 100k is tax free). So imagine the cost - benefit analysis going through people’s heads. Your making money, saving a lot of it, getting 1st world facilities and infrastructure (not institutions which are lacking), and getting creature comforts and the possibility of buying back time (cooking, cleaning) at much lower cost.

It’s also an international city (like what Westerners are used to), isn’t as foreign as Asia, or far away from anywhere - within 8hrs of Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe. 15hrs to Merica ain’t too bad either. You also don’t have to get involved any polarized politics because it’s not a democracy. Just focus on your life (health, work, spirituality and social) and enjoy watching the Western world of politics from afar. Property is also better value for money and appreciating as a asset better than already developed mature markets.

Hmm I wonder why so many people are moving there lol.

They have become better in labour laws from what I know - not like what it used to be. The air quality is one of the worst in the world too and summers are ovens - but you can just go Europe then with all the tax free savings you make. Also, quite a bit of dark money and sugar baby type shit going on - nothing new if your from any major city like London, NY or LA though.

Edited Friday at 09:46 PM by zazen

[oldhandle]

how is 15 hours to america "not bad" thats like as far as it gets

[NewKidOnTheBlock]

The luxury isn't even that pretty, or isn't my cup of tea at all at the very least. Cause it has a very modern tint to it, and all modern architecture is ugly to me. And this is a modern city in the middle of a desert, with practically no nightlife cause the alcohol is forbidden. What a great place to be in LMAO

Btw veganism checks out lol

Edited Sunday at 06:08 PM by NewKidOnTheBlock

[oldhandle]

Couldn't pay me to go to the land where oil money fucks who never worked in their life fly Instagram models to shit all over their faces 

[zazen]

18 hours ago, oldhandle said:

how is 15 hours to america "not bad" thats like as far as it gets

Yeah it's far from a tourist lens but if you want to base your self somewhere strategic where you can reach most regions of the earth then its not 'that bad. Depends how often you need to go to the US, but most of the planet lives within Asia/Middle East/Africa/Europe and its bang in the middle so it works well for European's.

17 hours ago, oldhandle said:

Couldn't pay me to go to the land where oil money fucks who never worked in their life fly Instagram models to shit all over their faces 

 

17 hours ago, NewKidOnTheBlock said:

The luxury isn't even that pretty, or isn't my cup of tea at all at the very least. Cause it has a very modern tint to it, and all modern architecture is ugly to me. And this is a modern city in the middle of a desert, with practically no nightlife cause the alcohol is forbidden. What a great place to be in LMAO

Btw veganism checks out lol

This is why Europe is so appealing compared newer cities like Dubai or in the US. Europe was designed for humans before cars, the modern cities were made around cars and for efficiency and function.

Dubai has the old town (Deira) and souk Madinat + old Arabian style architecture which is much warmer. Also, there's plenty of alcohol and nightlife / beach parties. All the top DJ's headlining in Vegas, Ibiza, Mykonos etc are in Dubai October-May before summer starts in Europe/US.

Cringe Vegas style pool parties too:

 

[NewKidOnTheBlock]

7 hours ago, zazen said:

This is why Europe is so appealing compared newer cities like Dubai or in the US. Europe was designed for humans before cars, the modern cities were made around cars and for efficiency and function.

That's a very good point, most modern cities are designed to accommodate cars and road transportation. However, I personally trace the origins of modern architectural ugliness all the way back to the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century. Since then, we've started burning resources at disgustingly fast rates, heavily meddling with the natural environment, and constructing buildings that prioritize function and utility over art and beauty. We began using materials like steel and concrete as the main building blocks for everything. And etc. In my opinion, when it comes to beauty, the Renaissance was goated. The medieval era wasn't far behind, with Romanesque and Gothic styles that still emphasized beauty and art. Of course, that’s not to say the regular parts of cities back then weren’t shitholes, because they clearly were shitholes, but goddamn, when people in that era actually put in some effort, they created masterpieces. We don’t make buildings like that anymore.

 

[Extreme Z7]

On 11/7/2025 at 6:41 AM, Twentyfirst said:

*Watches 20 minute propaganda video from idiotic biased and hypocritical westerner - Will never visit this city in my life*

https://www.hrsd.gov.sa/en/knowledge-centre/articles/progress-saudi-labor-market

 

You realize they wouldn't have to make that if they didn't have a slavery problem in the first place, right?

That's like a fat person disputing they need to lose weight by displaying their upcoming liposuction procedure.