Bread and circuses ... the problem is if this social welfare persists people are going to expect this like a right from their government .... and woah be the government if they cut this money off.

 

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The result of the US exporting its excess printed money .... disinflation is the policy of exporting dollars fast enough out of the US to ensure the prices do not rise as fast here in the US as they are doing now to the countries we are exporting to.

 

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Enriching the military and the priesthood has always been an effective way of keeping the peasants in check.

 

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Saudi Arabia is less modernized than most other states. As late as 30 years ago most of the population were still tribal nomads. These days they almost all live in cities but urban culture is still a new phenomenon. With the exception of a very small handful of mostly holy cities, there are not thousands-of-years-old traditions of urban culture and governance like there are in most Arab countries.


It also has massive oil revenues and a population that, although quickly growing, is still quite small.

This thread seems to be missing something...


Let me see here...


Ahhh yes - here it is...

 

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