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We should ask also how do countries get rich amd also stay democratic and free. Saudi Arabia may be rich but that doesn't mean it's a great place to live

• thematrixturtle 4y ago
  It's questionable whether Saudi Arabia can really be described as "rich". The country has a great deal of income equality (there are beggars on the streets of Riyadh), foreign workers who are paid a pittance do virtually all of the work, and the economy including a huge chunk government make-work for locals is mostly a mirage propped up by oil prices.
  • frostwarrior 4y ago
    That's the problem, people usually talk about a rich country as synonymous to a good quality of life for the average man. And often it isn't A rich country is a country with money and capital. It doesn't mean that the country is a good place to live
  • sidibe 4y ago
    > there are beggars on the streets of Riyadh I have no idea how rich Saudi Arabia actually is but where are there no beggars?
    • imtringued 4y ago
      Begging is illegal in Singapore.