There really is no reason to, other than having to go there for work reasons. I don't understand people who go there on "vacation", as any movement outside of an airconditioned space is pure torture and downright unpleasant.

I spent 3 nights there once as a stop over on the way to the Maldives. Was bored by the 3rd day. Some of the buildings, malls etc are impressive and its cool to see all the super cars but after 3 days i felt like it was time to leave

most people are sheep and go to take photos to try and impress their friends.

lol!!!!

So basically OP is telling us that there is a rich and wealthy class and poor class, no kidding?. You are just envious they are rich and you are not and I understand that cause you see them just as barbarians like the persians and byzantine did centuries ago. They thought "what those camel riders gonna do?" tell you what op I'd find you some gay prince who is willing to fly to ***** chit on you for money. It is all about money after all. Remember guys generalization isnot good in any argument

lmao get rich in the west and you can do whatever the f*ck you want with your money


get rich elsewhere and you're expected to solve all your country's problems with your money

You disgust me.

You actually understood that drivel? What was he trying to say, other than projecting his homoerotic fantasies?

Just the fact that he's defending those rats is enough for me.

fify

Lmao, I could season my steak with all the salt in this thread. This isn't the 80's anymore. Less than 5-10% of the *****'s revenue comes from oil. Most of it comes from real estate, trade, financial services and tourism.

Oil is the fuel for all these sectors, they would not develope the sectors itself because it could make their culture butthurt

I am sure much of the real estate purchases and money being spent in ***** has nothing to do with oil. Who is buying the outrageously priced places there?

Yeah having money gives you the right to treat people like slaves and cattle.

Having money means women are third class citizens, barely better than pets. Makes sense

Where are all these stupid miscers popping out of from?

all i'm saying is that an Arab kid is born in to wealth, flaunts money and treats women badly..misc rages

meanwhile, Dan Bilzerian is everyone's hero

And how exactly do you think the West ascended to dominance?

I never said it doesn't..?

My point is that while the economy was initially built on oil money, it's no longer the primary contributor to the GDP or economic growth. So when people say that once the oil is gone, so is *****, it's delusional.

I can't help but think many of you brahs are hating on ***** simply because of the shiny toys they have. ***** is fukked up with the slavery and sh!t, but compared to everything else going on in the region...... We're more than happy to buy their cheap oil and fund rent-a-armies to take down governments that don't serve their/our interests fukking up the lives of countless people who were unlucky enough to be born in the ME. There's a lot of sh!t going on over there brahs and we're only worried about a few guys showing off their wealth.

Tax haven

Instagram sloots seem to like it there

Because Western imperialism = Islamic imperialism


lol

Is Dan Bilzerian hiring slaves and abusing the people who work for him like they were just animals?

Is Dan Bilzerian treating women like cattle? Do the women he fuks literally have less rights than he, and are forced to cover themselves and don't have the right to wear makeup?

And who's treating him as a hero?

Apples and oranges m8

fukking lol at men in bed sheets walking around the streets

Sounds like America OP

Couple of boyos who go to my gym are from *****/UAE and are studying as international students.

I live in a small city is Canada and these boyos want to nothing but to stay here. Cannot figure it out for the life of me why as I have them on ******** and the pics they post of their houses and wealth in ***** is absurd.

I went on a few dates with a middle eastern sloot who basically got pimped by rich Arabs from ***** and Saudi Arabia here because they have such difficulty dating here. Bailed as soon as I found out the disgusting circle she was involved in.

Still can't figure out why the fuk these guys want to come and stay in Canada though.

Money doesn't buy happiness, they will never experience true happiness or love.

***** has lots of problems, but many of you guys are really miseducated.

It is an absolutistic monarchy, but kind of a nice one.
The Sheiks spend lots of money on their native population. Uneducated Emirati get administrative office jobs or lots of welfare if necessary. The land was gifted to private people by the state and foreigners are (normally) not allowed to own land, so the Emirati can lease it to foreign investors. Since the natives are all really quite well off, the VAE are an insanely stable dictatorship.

It's living on lended money by Abu Dhabi.
***** ran out of oil in the early 2000s and it's real estate sector got hit quite hard in 2009. Luckily it's big brother Abu Dhabi, which saved the oil money instead of investing, stepped in and helped them out. ***** is trying really hard to expand their economy with Tourism, the Airport being the most important hub in the world, the free zone Jebel Ali andf the huge harbor.

The Class System
Over 80% of the people living there are migrant workers. Since those come from from different countries one can normally tell their social class looking at their race. 1. Emirati are the rich locals, 2. White people are normally highly educated experts or tourists, 3. Non-Emirati Arabs lots of young Saudi come to work there, but there are also lots of Jordanians and Sudanese, 4. Indians, Pakistanis and Phillipinos work the bad jobs and get exploited. All those people only earn slightly more than what they would earn in their home countries and therefore there are huge differences in how they live. People from more respected races can also bully the Indians and Pakis without much retaliation.

The population has not adapted to it's growth.
When the oil production started in 1966 ***** was just a small town. Before the 50s it was a village without electricy or paved streets. Many Emirati still lack the higher education they need for such an advanced economy. Till recently it was common for men to join the military instead of going to college. Emirati universities still lack the quality of Western ones, partly due to Islamic censorship. For this reason they imported foreign universities or schools, because they know they will need a society of academics to make it work.

The weird contrast of hypercapitalism and conservative Islam
School books get censored but Game of Thrones and The Catcher in the Rye(despite it being banned in many areas of the US) are in every book shop. Deadpool was in the cinemas. ***** forbids homosexuality but George Michael concerts fill stadiums there. Non-muslims are not allowed to show their religion, but the Catholic celebrations are the second biggest ones after Rio in the world and and Indians sell stuff for their Hindu temples.

Corruption is part of the system
The historic kafala(=Emirati dude has to to look out for foreign workers/investors) system and the way how business works there(go to influential dude and have him publish your idea under his name and protection) make it pretty hard for foreign workers and non-rich people in general.

Because being wealthy in a good country with freedom >>>>>> being wealthy in a ****hole.

The freedom they experience in the West is like crack to these guys. Went to college with this dude from Bahrain, he was living it up like crazy in MTL. I think he's been home once or twice in the 6 years i've known him, the only pics he posts when he goes back home are his huge house and home gym. Meanwhile when he's in the civilized part of the world, he is driving round in Lambos, attending F1 Grand Prix Races, taking helicopter drives over scenic areas, partying it up with 10/10 hbbs without paying for it, eating all the bacon he wants, fuking all the girls he wants, basically living the life.

Visited 2 years ago. Never again.

True. because Western imperialism is far worse.....