• floo@retrolemmy.comBanned from community
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    3 days ago

    How interesting. I just assumed that a country like Saudi Arabia would have these, and I’m surprised to hear that it was a secret.

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    3 days ago

    How to make Saudia Arabia a normal society?

    • deny it income
    • deny it access to advanced technology
    • deny it legitimacy and cooperation

    Most importantly: stop using oil and natural gas sooner rather than later.

    Reasoning: the king stays in power by paying cops, security officials and prison guards - and paying people to shut up and tolerate the regime. Once the system runs low on money, things may change.

    Note: women in Europe made rapid progress at getting civil rights at a time when they were needed to run ammunition factories.

    It doesn’t have to be a world war - any development that makes it economically unavoidable that women start going to work outside their home, will change the role of women in society.