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[–] 12 points 1 month ago (12 children)

I don't know shit about geopolitics and am learning, can I get an eli5 on why leftists would celebrate Saudi Arabia not exporting any oil?

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  • [–] 41 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    the saudi régime is an incredibly reactionary, corrupt, exploitative, misogynist and generally anti-human autocratic dictatorship, responsible for much of the current suffering in the arab world, having had a hand in creating (among other things) groups liks al-qaeda and daesh. their genocidal war against the people of yemen has cost the lives of untold civilians.

    geopolitically, it's a close ally, if not puppet state, of the americans and british, being in alliance with their oil companies and helping them with their imperialist wars. as of recently, it has also been recieving help from "israel", with prince muhammad bin salman having been a close associate of jeffrey epstein.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

    Thank you very much for the thorough overview, I appreciate your time!

    Edit: an additional thought- what resulted in their exports dropping off? Is that a product of the Iran war and the blockade of the straight of Hormuz? Or something else?

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  • [–] 18 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    you don't even need to be a leftist to hate SA, they're incredibly evil and an ally of USA

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    getting away with not being called a "leftist" for hating the usa is a matter of perspective. i can't think of many right wing entities that hate it but that isn't my expertise

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  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I know some of you forget, but here is a reminder that not everyone lives in the US. Outside of the US it is rather the norm to be opposed if you are not literally a western imperialist.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 weeks ago*

    that's what i meant. the broad right wing (socially conservative, neoliberal economics, law and order) of the western world whether full throated nazis or not, skews to america so saying "you don't have to be a leftist" presupposes you're outside of the west or that "leftist" doesn't include social democrat liberals that tend to limit their opposition to the present leadership of the us

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