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HildemarTendler t1_ixmp68k wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in 'Negligence' behind fans' World Cup woes by GoodRiddancePluto

Calling Qatar third world is not helpful. The country has immense wealth, its citizens have one of the highest standards of living anywhere in the world.

What needs to be said is that it has a slave-based economy that didn't exist in the 20th century. It is completely foreign to the Western world, even as it is just an extreme form of our own economies.

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Olliekitty t1_ixmqfl3 wrote

> its citizens have one of the highest standards of living anywhere in the world.

This is only meaningful when put next to the ratio of citizens to non-citizen workers.

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arathorn867 t1_ixn0ynv wrote

It's like saying the citizens of the old American south had a high standard of living. It's accurate, and misses the entire issue. Sure citizens have it great when hardly anyone is a citizen.

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Wayward_Whines t1_ixnlhoq wrote

This comment has to be a joke right? Of course they have a high standard of living when your per capita income isn’t impacted by low wage workers. It’s easy to do when you have slaves! And oil. It’s a third world country (by the actual definition and by the modern interpretation of the term.).

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Inside_Increase_2930 t1_ixn80yf wrote

Ah yes, the country with no human rights, no press freedom, no freedom of speech, offers the best standard of living in the world. Surely!

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namesaremptynoise t1_ixnlq9v wrote

>its citizens have one of the highest standards of living anywhere in the world.

Somehow I doubt the LGBT+ and female citizens would agree.

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BadMedAdvice t1_ixo57ao wrote

>its citizens have one of the highest standards of living anywhere in the world.

> it has a slave-based economy

Umm... Yeah. That part.

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victorfiction t1_ixnzc0p wrote

It’s a shithole bro. If you can’t live free, what’s even the point of being rich? Fuck Qatar.

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