Comments by "Sedna063" (@Sedna063) on "Wendover Productions" channel.

  1. So they don’t kill dissidents and have death penalty
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  2. The belt and road initiative so far did not result in a much changed geography for China. Plus, trains are much less flexible transportation modes than ships are. And no, countries like the Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam can ally with each other to produce a counter weight which is what typically happens unless China makes them an offer that is very good for them.
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  3. The alternative was that highly educated women just sit about. They are generally better educated than men in Saudi Arabia, more study in universities... Oh yes, they can be overcome. But the government is trying to emulate the success of the UAE which, like Dubai, are now largely independent on oil income after a successful diversification strategy. And that means more private sector work which also means that there is a lot of competition. Saudi Arabia has a young population. But the success of Dubai cannot be repeated if you only consider 1/2 of the population. The main flaw is that innovation and private sector employment cannot be mandated from above.
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  4. I trust western news more than Saudi news sorry. As for the success of the new strategy, he is correct though.
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  5. It's an easy to make mistake... While he should have edited more carefully, he is correct with the data
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  6. CIA has released information that MBS ordered the kill
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  7. If they ban religion, the government would fall.
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  8. Still not a real superpower. They hadn't had the global influence the USA and Russia had. France and other countries were equally strong. You call those european empires greatpowers but superpowers are reserved for the USSR and USA. Thats what my history teacher always said.
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  9. Do what to Indonesia.
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  10. You are right and wrong: 1. I agree with your comments on the airline system. 2. You can change your electricity production to renewables like many nations do right now. Additionally, the train has a very low per capita power consumption so it is still relatively green compared to other things. 3. Trains with Diesel engines will not be suitable for fast high speed transport. 4. Taxes on people are ok as long as we get a return in the sense of infrastructure. 5. The Marshall Plan did not really bring the rail system up again, the damages were too big and it took 15 years to repair it. Marshall Plan was mainly political, the money was a drop in the bucket but appreciated. The UK actually received Marshall Aid too; they just didn't use the cash to invest it and used it to pay back some loans to the US. The US economy profited due to vast amounts of defence spending.
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  11. Shouldn't Saudi Arabia invest more into solar? I mean, this is why you have a desert...
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  12. I wouldn’t bet on it. Saudi Arabia does have money and a comparably educated workforce with a quality infrastructure. Much better than Egypt for example.
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  13.  @christianlibertarian5488  Me too. I hope their leadership and society get rid of fundamentalism and look more for Turkey or alternatively to UAE as a more inclusive and tolerant role model. I prefer Turkey because it is a secular nation with a democratic tradition which is much more compatible with human rights and imho more prepared for the challenges of the 21st century
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  14. Congrats, you are the 2517th comment pointing this out
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  15.  @Staar8oy99  Why? We have quite nice lifes. At least I do.
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  16.  @Staar8oy99  Media need to bring news. Having news such as "90% of people in the middle east have a job" isn't news. I have been to the middle east. As a tourist though. Anyway, there are a lot of things happening in this region and often they involve terror, deaths, economic decline. Obviously media reports on those. They also report negatively on the US and Europe. So I really don't understand how you think that they only report positively about the western world. They really don't.
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  17.  @Staar8oy99  And by the way, what do you mean "you don't know what life means"
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  18.  @Staar8oy99  Then you need to watch the news more often. I have read a lot of criticism on the US in American media, on Germany in German media. On politicians, celebrities et cetera. Really, Idk why you don't see this.
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  19. Such a high ranking mission is simply not done without the highest cover
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  20. I doubt the Princesses can.
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  21. There might be peak oil demand though...
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  22. Saudi Arabia could potentially be a huge solar energy hub. And Data centers, the cooling costs would be prohibitive.
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  23. What is wrong with it?
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  24. 7% of US economy? Where in the world did you get that idea? Millions of pilgrims, true, but MBS wants income. Pilgrims are quite costly for the Saudi state. He wants wealthy western tourists to spend thousands of dollars, who sit in luxury hotels… Human rights are for everyone… for you and me
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  25. Please label these sources as belonging to "Islamic Brotherhood supporters" because I think you just use this to slander the sources (obviously I don't like those guys...). There is more to being tourist open than just a visa...
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  26.  @erichuang5785  There is a difference between routine and between forced labour camps without a fair trial
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  27.  @maheshdave8012  Germany never had significant colonies. We just invested in tech and sciences and modernised, whereas China 1000 bc had the same state 1800 ad.
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  28.  @maheshdave8012  Yes, Britain did a lot of bad stuff. However, colonisation ended 50-60 years ago, some countries made it, others didn't.
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  29. Saudi Arabia needs an oil price of some 80$ to break even the government budget. The costs of oil production can be as low as you said.
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  30. Yes you would. Obviously they can’t mind read so you would be fine if you shut up. But 10 years ago Our life would have been very dull.
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  31. Actually Europe imports all those metals from other nations that live in peace. You can’t mine in a warzone… No corporation will invest a dollar into a civil war zone
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  32. That’s what they plan but they have a history of grandiose plans that never came to fruition. First, they want to reduce their own dependence on oil. They consume so much oil, it is no longer holy; they have such high demands for electricity and a car culture…
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  33. @Ahmed Well, I have seen several pledges in the past but I will believe it when I see it done
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  34.  @88AsAs  I do believe in a God, although not necessarily in the way the monotheist religions do. There is a higher force out there but I doubt it ever spoke to us and specifically influenced us. As for 3 gods, Christians do not believe in 3 gods. Christians believe in one omnipotent God which has taken different forms at different times. But they are only forms, not other gods. Anyway, I just hope for a world where we all can live our beliefs freely without any one religion trying to dominate one or persecute another or calling others infidels… Let people believe what they want. Maybe they are right. Believe =/= knowledge.
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  35. Their main source of income will exist for the longest time. But their population is rising fast, more than 40% of Saudis is under 25 years and therefore going to start a family in the future. The TFR in 2013 was almost 3 (now down to 1.92) well above replacement rate. So no, they actually have a shit load of young people that will demand the same benefits as their parent generation received. As for tourism, they mainly have Riyadh and Mecca. Mecca for the religious pilgrims and Riyadh for the rest. If they want more tourism, they need to open the society. Nobody will do mass tourism if they cannot enjoy some western civilisation. Even in Dubai you can run around without a Hijab and consume alcohol in licensed places. Not possible in Saudi Arabia as of yet. And culture has basically been left to rot for the past 40 years. Pre-islamic history was silenced before. Doubt they can become a cultural and tourism hub. They should probably focus to turn Saudi Arabia into a knowledge society which will run industries and innovate. Doubt they can though.
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  36. Nobody should be investing into crypto, it is a scam and the comments here are just bots. Just stop it...
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  37.  Christian Jesus 🙏  No worries, I know you are a scam too. Fake profile joined 23.06.2022. Anyone who advertises on Youtube like this isn't trustworthy. It is just annoying. Cause nobody buys that 10 people know one guy and they all comment on the same Youtube Video simultaneously.
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  38. Actually he is taking steps that were urgently needed 10 years earlier… Unemployment is too high. Check Saudi population boom, obviously they can’t all be public sector employees with all perks. They should have diversified their income sources 20 years ago.
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  39. Watch the video. Republicans wouldn’t fare better
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  40.  @ezix3753  Holiday tourism not known in the Middle East? Please - Lebanon, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Turkey… all had vibrant tourism industries before the first skyscraper in Dubai was built.
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  41. You can be so nice and point them out. And I want the data about the success of Vision 2030, not the mistake with the false region.
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  42. True, they weren't only nomadic. Did he claim that? We know there were cities. Let's be generous and check unemployment rate for 2019: 6.13%. But that is not the whole picture. Who is counted? Saudi nationals only? Inhabitants including foreign workers? Let's say this is all Saudi Nationals. There are other metrics though. For example labour participation rate. How many working age people actually have a job. It has fallen further, to 49.5%. There is severe structural unemployment and unemployment among women. 49.5% is absolutely dreadful. A waste of money on teachers and school buildings. With more and more Saudi kids becoming working age, expect this to rise. There exist a lot of doubt whether the actual killers were trialed. Such a murder isn't done without the knowledge of the highest echelons of power. He should have been more careful there. I don't miss Khashoggi though; he had some right instincts but a lot of wrong instincts too. I'd rather have a strongmen working productively. I can't possibly comment on that one but know this; separated spaces according gender is quite a hindrance to productivity...
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  43. Yes, because it carefully created an image over the past 60 years and developed a unique way of "tolerance". They actually allow alcohol in some places et cetera. Their investment is heavily into tourism and trade which needs an openness. As for Saudi Arabia, the costs of doing business are just very high. Gender separation is such a stupid and business killing concept.
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  44. One day there will be peak oil. But it will be peak oil demand.
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  45. Peak oil can also be peak oil demand. With nations going increasingly electric and green, demand will inevitably fall.
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  46.  @stevenikitas8170  Green energy does work. The costs are steadily falling for green energy and with increasing installed capacity things will go greener. As for Texas, don't blame it on green energy. Blame Texas regulations that basically decoupled the network and the cold snap affected gas and other fossil fuels as well. Anyway, Green will go forward. Coal is phased out, gas and oil are in the process to be phased out.
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  47. Because this is not the topic of the video… it
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  48. Yep, he tries to reform but if he is successful, that remains to be seen. What do you mean with "starting with the people idea of the right way to live". Does that mean alternative living concepts will become more acceptable? Please, what great innovators? Saudi Arabia is known to be advanced in oil processing and hydrocarbon tech but not in other fields. Khassogi - most commentators, including the CIA see some pawns punished and not the people who gave the pawns the job. Such a murder is not done without the knowledge of the highest powers! Saudi Arabia is indeed a big opportunity but as anyone knows, it could also be a big risk.
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  49.  @ziyadzerh1953  While I agree about the instincts of Al Saud family, I do not think this as different from any other ruling family. As for the Ottomans, the Arabs are not Turks, are not Ottomans. That they want their own country is entirely justified and nobody should fault them for it. Yes, they are clandestine supporters of Israel. And why not? Israel is a highly successful nation with the highest standards in the middle east. A technological leader and investment hub with much of the same problems as Saudi Arabia has. Yes, their religious views are political weapons and need to be contained.
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  50.  @ziyadzerh1953  Actually a muslim is someone who believes in Allah at the most fundamental level. As for betraying other people, weren’t Saudis or Arabs not betrayed by the Ottomans during the conquests of the latter? Israel is a highly innovative nation that has already developed solutions for problems that Saudi Arabia faces. Should there really be religious dogmatism when collaboration could be a much more fruitful endeavour for the betterment of both nations irrespective of faith (or absent of faith)?
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