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Nothing grandiose about the line, a vanity project built on slave labor and blood money.

• seryoiupfurds 2y ago
  That sounds perfectly in line with the usual connotations of grandiose.
• olalonde 2y ago
  Voluntary labor and oil money*
  • kouru225 2y ago
    If it’s so voluntary why not let them have their own passports so they can leave whenever they want?
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• throwaway2037 2y ago
  I agree: The slave labor part is likely. (See also: Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, etc.) What do you mean by "blood money"?