Message from @vexmasina44
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>they only allow women to drive in the presence of their husband
The fact that it relies on the American Empire for protection should mean that there is definitely alot of pressure to liberalize
And, don't forget, Saudi Arabia is now being more friendly to Israel in the name of fighting Iran
>why would a tourist go to a tyranical dictatorship and possibley get arrested over breaking some trivial law
Before the KSD had a ace in the oil trade so they could resist the American Empires social demands but now the US has the shale revolution
that blocker is gone
exactly
Now US protection comes at a price
their valuable resource has alot less weight than it did when they originally allied economically
Keep in mind the americans will still protect saudi arabia because of the petro dollar and saudi control of OPEC
@vexmasina44 It is possible they can exempt tourists of that law if tourism becomes too profitable. Saudi Arabia is trying to diversify their economy with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
despite the shale oil
It seems that while they have bribed Global interest with Oil concessions, Global interest isnt too keen on just the Oil concessions and want political leverage as well for protection
I doubt anyone would want to visit that hellhole for any reason
Many already go to the UAE for Tourism (Dubai)
not to metnion that saudi arabia is getting bombed and destroyed by fucking yemen
which is poorer and smaller than KSA itself
And the Americans have other concerns than oil when it comes to currency now
there are real compeditors to the greenback emerging
UAE is a completly different beast compared to KSA
The petro dollar system is under threat from ouside factors now. The money men dont seem to know what to do about it either.
there is alot of burying of heads in sand
>go to saudi arabia
>get killed by a yemeni ballistic missile/drone attack
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Pretty sure most of that tourism is religous though
Mecca is in the KSD after all
3 Million Mecca Visits a year, 16 Million Visits in just 2017
Stewardship of Mecca is the only reason why the House of Saud is tolerated
both mecca and medina are closed to non muslims
northeast of KSA is closed aswell because of shia natives are restless
but you wont hear that on the news
KSA does have a shia minority that coinicidentally located near their largest oil fields
@McFansy the only reason the house of saud is tolerated is because of american and NATO protection. if USA was gone tomorrow the iranians would curbstomp the saudis without a second thought
within the Sunni Muslim world
not even at that
pretty much all their neighbours hate them
except bahrain which was invaded and is now a puppet state
That only furthers the incentive to liberalize tbh
for protection
@vexmasina44 I thought they had some allies in the region
I wonder if certain conditions will allow the Saudis to accept Constitutional Monarchy someday in the future
the only state more totalitarian and autocratic than Saudis is North korea.
if Saudis liberlise they would collapse
they have mutual interests
not allies
They have money, therefore they have allies
In politics, Mutual Interest is an Alliance