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> ...this flap is a battle of billionaires. whoever loses, we win Why? Does power or wealth leak back to society amid the Game of Thrones?

GhettoMaestro 7y ago
Lol of course not. We just get owned again. And the smiling continues.
wolco 7y ago
Love the comment. As long as one powerful entity is weaker we are all stronger. In reality no matter who wins we all lose in different ways. A weak Saudi makes Iran stronger. A weak Bezo means lobbying and laws that will affect us in someway.
yingw787 7y ago
Yeah...OP's comment doesn't make sense to me either. And frankly, MBS is far more powerful than Bezos is. It's a battle between a billionaire living amongst other billionaires in a republic, and a multi-trillionaire who's an absolute monarch leading a great power.
- cryoshon 7y ago
  saudi arabia isn't a great power. it has economic power via oil, but this power is eroding at a lightning speed thanks to the end of the petrochemical era. it has no military power to speak of, nor any cultural influence whatsoever outside of the muslim world. at the same time, its own culture is being eroded by the west's at a blinding pace. its institutions are weak and too corrupt to be taken seriously. its labor force is non-competitive. its citizens are not educated, nor are they interested in a transition to being more educated and competitive. it is entirely reliant on foreign labor, foreign weapons, and foreign intellectual property. it has no natural resources to speak of, other than oil. it isn't a member of any powerful geopolitical blocs, and its fear of its more powerful neigbor (iran) has dictated its disposition for a long time. in short, it's a billionaire's playground, but it isn't a nation that's very formidable. in the realm of cybersecurity/cyberwarfare, i'd put my money on bezos.

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> ...this flap is a battle of billionaires. whoever loses, we win Why? Does power or wealth leak back to society amid the Game of Thrones?

by threatofrain 7y ago

GhettoMaestro 7y ago
Lol of course not. We just get owned again. And the smiling continues.
wolco 7y ago
Love the comment. As long as one powerful entity is weaker we are all stronger. In reality no matter who wins we all lose in different ways. A weak Saudi makes Iran stronger. A weak Bezo means lobbying and laws that will affect us in someway.
yingw787 7y ago
Yeah...OP's comment doesn't make sense to me either. And frankly, MBS is far more powerful than Bezos is. It's a battle between a billionaire living amongst other billionaires in a republic, and a multi-trillionaire who's an absolute monarch leading a great power.
- cryoshon 7y ago
  saudi arabia isn't a great power. it has economic power via oil, but this power is eroding at a lightning speed thanks to the end of the petrochemical era. it has no military power to speak of, nor any cultural influence whatsoever outside of the muslim world. at the same time, its own culture is being eroded by the west's at a blinding pace. its institutions are weak and too corrupt to be taken seriously. its labor force is non-competitive. its citizens are not educated, nor are they interested in a transition to being more educated and competitive. it is entirely reliant on foreign labor, foreign weapons, and foreign intellectual property. it has no natural resources to speak of, other than oil. it isn't a member of any powerful geopolitical blocs, and its fear of its more powerful neigbor (iran) has dictated its disposition for a long time. in short, it's a billionaire's playground, but it isn't a nation that's very formidable. in the realm of cybersecurity/cyberwarfare, i'd put my money on bezos.