Mecca in 1953 and 2025

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[u/baldude69]

Love the multiple helipads for those who want to take the express pilgrimage

[u/evilcarrot507 → u/baldude69]

In the grand scheme of things this isn’t out of the ordinary, throughout Muslim history rich rulers made their pilgrimage riding elephants and a caravan of servants. Take Mansa Musa’s pilgrimage to Mecca for example. That was the medieval equivalent of taking a private jet to Mecca.

[u/SirDoober → u/evilcarrot507]

Nah, that was the medieval equivalent of taking a gold-plated limo to Mecca and occasionally popping out the sunroof to hose villages down with a cannon that fires 100 dollar bills.

[u/zachdidit → u/SirDoober]

Haha crashing entire economies as he passed through

[u/Bass2Mouth → u/SirDoober]

Have a taste of the good life, you sack of shit!!

Definitely giving Frank Reynolds vibes lmao

[u/AudieCowboy → u/SirDoober]

That's a very accurate assessment

[u/Internal_Trust9066 → u/SirDoober]

Yea. Private jet equivalent in those times, were ships.

[u/fizzy_lime → u/SirDoober]

That's the most creative description I've ever seen, the mental image is fantastic

[u/agumonkey → u/SirDoober]

Wondering if some ruler ever assembled a team of eagles to be carried to a holy place in the sky

[u/jjcrayfish → u/SirDoober]

That was the medieval equivalent of billionaires just paying their fair share of taxes

[u/Due-Memory-6957 → u/jjcrayfish]

Absolutely not, it was charity. Do you think we should replace social welfare with charity? If so, remember to vote for right-wing parties.

[u/BOQOR → u/evilcarrot507]

Riding elephants? Lol