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bronet t1_ityyn7k wrote

Reply to comment by capaho in Saudia Arabia Is Going to Get a Hotel with A Ski Resort on Its Roof by theablazefeces

Sure, but at the same time it's weird how we hyperfocus on Saudi Arabia, and ignore all the other main bad guys in these areas. US included

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capaho t1_itz0lpy wrote

Except that the US doesn't imprison or execute gay people anymore or subjugate women the way governments in that region do. The US isn't in the same category as the brutal theocracies of the world. At least not yet, anyway.

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bronet t1_itz2hcv wrote

From a rights standpoint, I guess you're mainly correct.

When it comes to overall bad shit done in recent times, they're so much worse to the point where a comparison seems ridiculous. The US was just an example, it's mainly weird how people choose to call put human rights violations but not mass murder and war crimes.

The is is certainly a theocracy itself though, to a certain extent

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