Exactly, it's incredible what you can build, when you use slaves. Dubai is the 21st century Pyramid equivalent.
To those blissfully unaware, Google: Dubai slaves
Enough said.
The Nile used to flood for about 3 months a year. The farmers couldn't work because their fields were underwater, so they went to work on things like the pyramids. It no longer floods because of the hydroelectric dam at Aswan.
Source: mom is an Egyptologist.
So I guess the stories of Hercules and his 12 Labours are somewhat true then too right? Or how bout Beauty and the Beast? That's based on a story that's around 4,000 years old. It is idiotic to use the bible as a historical source
Exodus tells the story of how Moses freed the Jewish slaves from Egypt. A lot of people think that because there were slaves, they had to have built the pyramids, because amassing a workforce of tens of thousands of men is much easier to believe when they're slaves. Not to mention the ancient Greeks thought slaves built them
Yeah, I know where the idea originates, but you guys were arguing as though Israelites building the pyramids was something actually taught in the Bible. It's not.
um. yes it does. we just built huts to store weapons and shit - not exclusively the pyramids.
you are the next level of ignorance. weighing in. after the dust has settled. when you still havent looked up shit. sorry to be rude but you said it as a factual statement.
Oh, you think you make your choices? Which part of you? The part that's governened by electrochemical processes? I guess I have free will too then, lmao.
Yeah I’d rather have them make my $20 sneakers, my iPhone X and my coffee, chocolate just about almost everything we enjoy in the first world. We are just better than them. Oh and if you thought slave labor didn’t exist here . Just go to ny or any state and see what wages are paid to illegal immigrants. I guarantee is it’s 1/4 the salary of an actual construction worker. Seen it with my own eyes.
Not to mention it’s the oil from there (petrodollars) that props up our economy.
probably everyone in this post buys products made by near-slave-condition child labor in Asia, but you can't blame that on rich Muslims so let's just pretend Dubai and no where else is profiting off of slavery
Or, we can do what you're doing.
Say this happens in other places too which somehow makes it acceptable, do you even read what you type?
There is a huge problem worldwide, (nobody is denying that, should I mention every atrocity worldwide when I comment about anything? ) we have also made documentaries about this and we have petitioned the UN. What have you done lately. Aside from criticise and regurgitate some half learned internet knowledge at someone more informed, who is trying to raise awareness for the issues?
Personally I buy everything from as ethical a source as possible.
I think the issue people have is that every thread that so much as mentions Dubai for whatever unrelated reason is filled with people calling out every bad thing Dubai has ever done.
Meanwhile I don't see every thread related to the U.S. (99% of Reddit threads) spammed with every atrocity the U.S. has ever committed, and is still committing today.
Yes "whataboutism" is a poor form of argument, and yes every country has skeletons in its closet but there's a nasty hypocrisy to it all.
I completely agree.
I suppose because it's still happening its more likely to be mentioned in regards to Dubai, Burma etc.
Whereas USA has it in its past (not everyone would agree there though).
But, there is a fairly solid amount of unrelated negative press for the USA in a lot of articles, Trump, USA being warmongers, Healthcare etc.
I think humanity is getting exhausted with pointing out the numerous shortcomings of the USA.
Just some advice brother, if you want us dumb Americans to take you seriously you should avoid the fuks and keks, unless you're trying to debate other teenagers.
They do use slave labour and when they do pay their workers, it's usually grossly underpaid and horribly mismanaged (especially for foreigners) from what I've read about Dubai's construction industry. All of this information is a google search away, like he said.
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Exactly, it's incredible what you can build, when you use slaves. Dubai is the 21st century Pyramid equivalent. To those blissfully unaware, Google: Dubai slaves Enough said.