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It's strange that you mention the religious part of UAE making you uneasy, and not the modern day slavery.
by huhkerrf 8mo ago
It's strange that you mention the religious part of UAE making you uneasy, and not the modern day slavery.
- destory-everyth 8mo agoTo be fair, Since they have lived in quite a few locations you can easily become desensitized to the conditions of these so called "slaves". The conditions of them in the UAE are not verry different from Singapore. The law allows for transportation on the back of open trucks, mass casualty traffic incidents involving the poorest workers are common. For a maid if they want to change employees they need permission from their current employer and the current employer can choose instead to repatriate them, with 30 days to exit the country and no money or means to challenge any mistreatment the abused are simply expelled and forgotten about. You can imagine the power imbalance, sa cases, torture and malnutrition. To the outsider it looks well balanced but it is simply well segregated. Even public housing has a ratio per building causing minority races to be unable to sell their properties on a level market rate. The local mouthpiece even has a topic for maid abuse https://www.channelnewsasia.com/topic/maid-abuse https://www.channelnewsasia.com/topic/maid-abuse
- shell0x 8mo agoHaving a maid is actually a huge benefit for most expats/locals in SG, Hong Kong and Dubai. They’re basically part of the family but you need a helper if you work until 8pm. If you hire a maid and fire her, you have to pay her repatriation back to her country of origin.
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- rayiner 8mo agoA country where 10% of people are citizens, there’s a few expats, and nearly everyone else is a Bangladeshi or Nepali slave laborer doing all the work. With no rights, no prospect of citizenship, etc. The Davos view of where societies are headed.
- shell0x 8mo agoThe no prospect of citizenship is not an issue. Everyone just goes to the UAE for the lack of taxes and the money, not to become a citizen. The benefit of not granting citizenship is that it makes it much easier to kick out people again and maintaining benefits for citizens.
- asacrowflies 8mo agoI mean it's a person praising Singapore .. their moral values are so self evident I have to question you even bringing up... Like duh. They LIKE that part lol
- shell0x 8mo agoBecause the religious part affects me, the slavery I don’t really notice because they do a good job hiding it?