• 6nk06@sh.itjust.works
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      18 hours ago

      Nothing. I’m fed up with articles like those. They don’t want to say “bronze age shithole.”

      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        That’s partially because once they start pulling that thread, they’re going to arrive at the people paying them doing a lot of bronze age shit.

        One of the myriad reasons why billionaires and corporations owning media is awful for journalism.

  • ACourtesanOfArabia@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    Each time I go to Saudi Arabia for work I’m afraid that one of my clients might take my documents, lock and keep me as a permanent sex slave or turn me into a human skin handbag or something. Always on my most obedient behavior while there.

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      If you really are afraid of that (well, I would), why go there at all? Just for some money? I wouldn’t trade safety for a lil cash.

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      16 hours ago

      Depending on your nationality this is very unlikely.

      They typically target those from poorer nations that they intentionally lure in under the guise of employment.

      Now there’s the moral arguements on continuing to do buisness with them ultimately supports these practices