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From their FAQ: >THE TERM “INDEPENDENT SYSTEMS” IS A LITTLE AMBIGUOUS. WHAT EXACTLY WILL THE PROJECT BE, A FREE ZONE, TRANSIT ZONE, ETC.? The project will b
by eduren 9y ago
From their FAQ:
>THE TERM “INDEPENDENT SYSTEMS” IS A LITTLE
AMBIGUOUS. WHAT EXACTLY WILL THE PROJECT
BE, A FREE ZONE, TRANSIT ZONE, ETC.?
The project will be developed within a specialized zone, independent of the Kingdom’s
existing governmental framework, excluding sovereign laws, in regards to taxation,
customs, labor laws, and other legal parameters pertaining to business. As such, a
zone within an independent system gives industry the ability to manufacture and
provide, goods and services at globally competitive prices.
>WHAT DOES “EXCLUDING SOVEREIGN” MEAN?
“Sovereign laws” refer to everything related to the military sector, foreign policy,
and sovereign decisions – all of which will remain at the government of Saudi
Arabia’s discretion.
Yeah, that'll be a no from me dawg. It's certainly an interesting project, but I doubt it will draw the kind of international appeal they are hoping for. Dubai 2.0 basically.
- jstanley 9y agoAgreed. The only thing interesting about the project would be the opportunity to live somewhere that doesn't have traditional attitudes towards having a military, dealing with foreign countries, etc. Completely uninteresting otherwise. Just go to any trendy city. Where's my libertarian utopia??
- eduren 9y ago>Where's my libertarian utopia?? The moon, if Heinlein was right. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress
- cannonedhamster 9y agoDepends, which version of libertarian do you believe in? The ultra-right libertarians that align with Christian conservatism and the prepper ethos or...uh...the ones who are big on Porcupines. I think the first group far outweighs the second group as a voting block. If the former I'd say the U.S. is right what Ted Cruz and the Tea Party crowd want right now. Environmental regulations, social safety nets, and public institutions are getting rolled back so that taxes can go down. Texas seems to be a hotbed for this. If you're for the latter, New Hampshire is probably okay, but you'll still get quite a few of the former.
- jstanley 9y agoI'm a lowercase-l libertarian, not a right-wing American trying to avoid the stigma. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism
- cannonedhamster 9y agoI'm not judging either way. My political leanings tend to fall under the frame of left-libertarianism.
- dleslie 9y agoYou're expecting someone else to build it for you? That doesn't sound very libertarian.
- samlevine 9y agoSingapore or Zurich are about as close as you're going to get, depending on what you fancy in a country.
- glibgil 9y ago> Where's my libertarian utopia? Somalia
- EGreg 9y agoWell, except Dubai (UAE) doesn't attack Yemen in a proxy war with Iran, with weapons from the USA.
- gok 9y agoHm? The UAE is absolutely part of the Saudi-led coalition, contributing troops and materiel.
- vit05 9y agoexcluding sovereign laws labor laws Will it be possible to have sex slaves? Kill people just for pleasure? Make things that would only be possible in westworld?
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- dogma1138 9y agoSo they want to build a tech hub which would be inaccessible to the only two technologically advanced countries in the region; Iran and Israel with the latter being the only actual tech hub in the region.