I dont mean places that are like ragingly anticommunist (which is most places I think), but they have like appalling social issues. Say like UAE or any of the Gulf states that use slave labor and indentured servitude on a mass scale. Like would you say visiting dubai or doha is morally questionable? A friend is offering to visit Muscat cuz there are cheap flights but I dont know if I should. Or are there ways I can ameliorate my staying there, like maybe giving money to some orgs or something. Idk what do you think

  • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    38·
    9 months ago

    Not particularly “as a communist” just towards Americans in general:

    Israel.

    For white people, the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Every white person I’ve ever met that’s been to the UAE or SA has been the worst fucking person you can ever meet.

    • BioWarfarePosadist [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      20·
      9 months ago

      I had a High School teacher who went to Saudi Arabia as part of some sort of scheme to increase Saudi/American relations.

      He was a pretty cool guy and gave an honest opinion on the country and ran some pretty good classes on the middle east. I was in his philosophy club. Also his name was Mr. Cash and he had a magnificent beard.

      He’s introduced me to Howard Zinn, and was one of the first people to get me to read theory.

      So not everyone who visited SA is a jerk, just the vast majority of them.