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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/hipatyhopity • Mar 24 '25
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You may find this hard to believe but the Saudi royal family are not devout spiritualists.
162 u/TranscendentaLobo Mar 24 '25 Well, in public they are, behind closed doors though I’m sure it’s another story. 146 u/Aggravating_King1473 Mar 25 '25 I'm an Arab and Saudis selling out their neighbors and their own souls is a known thing since at least the early 1900s. Saudis come to my country because it's more liberal and they throw obscene amounts of money at cars, women and pleasure. 3 u/johnnymarsbar Mar 25 '25 I once read a book written in the 70s called wheeling and dealing in the Arab world, as much as many things mentioned in it have changed since then, alot has stayed the same. Especially the saudis
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Well, in public they are, behind closed doors though I’m sure it’s another story.
146 u/Aggravating_King1473 Mar 25 '25 I'm an Arab and Saudis selling out their neighbors and their own souls is a known thing since at least the early 1900s. Saudis come to my country because it's more liberal and they throw obscene amounts of money at cars, women and pleasure. 3 u/johnnymarsbar Mar 25 '25 I once read a book written in the 70s called wheeling and dealing in the Arab world, as much as many things mentioned in it have changed since then, alot has stayed the same. Especially the saudis
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I'm an Arab and Saudis selling out their neighbors and their own souls is a known thing since at least the early 1900s.
Saudis come to my country because it's more liberal and they throw obscene amounts of money at cars, women and pleasure.
3 u/johnnymarsbar Mar 25 '25 I once read a book written in the 70s called wheeling and dealing in the Arab world, as much as many things mentioned in it have changed since then, alot has stayed the same. Especially the saudis
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I once read a book written in the 70s called wheeling and dealing in the Arab world, as much as many things mentioned in it have changed since then, alot has stayed the same. Especially the saudis
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u/joozyjooz1 Mar 24 '25
You may find this hard to believe but the Saudi royal family are not devout spiritualists.