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The cryptocurrency might be fake, but the execution-backed evictions are real: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/neom-saudi-arabia-sentences-tribesmen-death-re

The cryptocurrency might be fake, but the execution-backed evictions are real: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/neom-saudi-arabia-sentences-tribesmen-death-resisting-displacement https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/neom-saudi-arabia-sentenc...

barbazoo 4y ago
They're really building that? Does anyone outside their little royal bubble think this is a good or even feasible idea?
- largepeepee 4y ago
  Its "free" PR while trying to attract investors. Doubt they will build even half of the said bullshit promises. There is no end of stupid ideas you can generate while you are rich and unaccountable. Besides they aren't targeting us, but similarly stupidly rich people. Although I heard no one trusts them after the whole bugging bezos phone incident.
  - baybal2 4y ago
  - netsharc 4y ago
    Interesting scam^W money-making venture. "You want oil/this project? If you invest in our sand castle project, it would make us consider our business deal more favorably. Investing involves getting your logo on our website.". And so famous names or even governments might get attached to this project. And they could get some money, tell some guys in hard hats to drive some tractors around the desert, wait a few months, "Oh, we ran into some difficulties/new economic reality, project cancelled. Your money? Hiring men to drive those tractors weren't cheap you know!" (Read: "The men were South Asian slaves but the construction company boss is driving a new Mercedes now, and hey, he's actually my cousin and we're going golfing tomorrow!")
- subliminalpanda 4y ago
  Doubtful, they weren't able to even complete the Jedda Tower.
microtherion 4y ago
Some people's ethical boundaries seem to be placed somewhere between "dismemberment of dissidents" and "endorsement of cryptocurrency".
- jraines 4y ago
  you can’t accuse them of not drawing a line in the sand
  - rogerkirkness 4y ago
    No amount of upvotes are enough.
- andrewflnr 4y ago
  Who said they're refraining from cryptocurrency for ethical reasons?
sofixa 4y ago
For anyone wondering, that site is blocked in the UAE (and trying to access it probably got me on a list somewhere).

barbazoo 4y ago

They're really building that? Does anyone outside their little royal bubble think this is a good or even feasible idea?

largepeepee 4y ago
Its "free" PR while trying to attract investors. Doubt they will build even half of the said bullshit promises. There is no end of stupid ideas you can generate while you are rich and unaccountable. Besides they aren't targeting us, but similarly stupidly rich people. Although I heard no one trusts them after the whole bugging bezos phone incident.
- baybal2 4y ago
- netsharc 4y ago
  Interesting scam^W money-making venture. "You want oil/this project? If you invest in our sand castle project, it would make us consider our business deal more favorably. Investing involves getting your logo on our website.". And so famous names or even governments might get attached to this project. And they could get some money, tell some guys in hard hats to drive some tractors around the desert, wait a few months, "Oh, we ran into some difficulties/new economic reality, project cancelled. Your money? Hiring men to drive those tractors weren't cheap you know!" (Read: "The men were South Asian slaves but the construction company boss is driving a new Mercedes now, and hey, he's actually my cousin and we're going golfing tomorrow!")
subliminalpanda 4y ago
Doubtful, they weren't able to even complete the Jedda Tower.

microtherion 4y ago

Some people's ethical boundaries seem to be placed somewhere between "dismemberment of dissidents" and "endorsement of cryptocurrency".

jraines 4y ago
you can’t accuse them of not drawing a line in the sand
- rogerkirkness 4y ago
  No amount of upvotes are enough.
andrewflnr 4y ago
Who said they're refraining from cryptocurrency for ethical reasons?

sofixa 4y ago

For anyone wondering, that site is blocked in the UAE (and trying to access it probably got me on a list somewhere).