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- world@lemmy.world
“Iranian attacks on Dubai and the closure of its airport have triggered a scramble among the wealthy to leave the emirates via alternative routes on private jets.
“The normally glitzy city – a playground for billionaires, influencers and millions of international visitors – has been on edge since drones and missiles fired in response to US and Israel strikes on Iran damaged the airport and struck several high-profile hotels and landmarks.”
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this war is so fuckin stupid, but this does bring a smile to my face.
Hmmm, Dubai is going to get bombed to rubble, as Kushner builds Gaza into the Jewish Dubai, and takes all that money that Dubai is losing.
This is TERRIBLE now that RICH People are Effected!
*affected.
effectively affected
Won’t some targeting system please think of the rich.
Seriously, if Dubai gets razed to the ground, nothing not value would be lost. Dubia is a collection of luxury cars, private jets, billionaire babies and luxury items, and basically nothing more
They have basically an entire caste system of lower-class migrant workers or indentured servants of a sorts populating large swaths of the region, all the people who actually run the cities and manage the services and clean the streets and bathrooms and unload the grocery trucks, and they’re the only ones who can’t afford private flights out of the cities, so guess who’s going to die when the missiles rain down.
It sure as shit ain’t going to be Saudi princes.
I’ve had it explained by Middle Eastern businessmen that I’ve worked with. The workers are either Indian or Filipino. One of them is significantly better, but they are also more expensive. They sign contracts, and have to work long hours and stay cooped up in tight fitting bunks, like on a ship. It’s a pretty awful existence for little money.
Those rich Dubai kids aren’t going to do those jobs.
I’ve had connections to people who did that kind of work also, they tell a lot of stories about people who have their passports or other vital documentation or cash savings confiscated on arriving and then they’re not allowed to leave and forced to work long, dangerous hours or not get paid or fed. These are often people from poor families or with little means to get out on their own.
sounds like a great opportunity to rise up and make sure those flights never land…
Shame if a few got shot down.
LadyButterfly usually posts the good news around here but glad too see others are Inspired to do so.
"We commit to protect our citizens around the world with all the resources we have available. Unfortunately, due to a bench of a*-holes having evaded taxes by moving to Dubai, these resources are currently depleted, please stand by while we figure a budget including saving you. This may take some time but we’re doing everything we can to deliver you the assistance you deserve.
I’m sure you understand!
Good luck!!"
I appreciate the article’s punny title, but they could have taken it further. “Bad Buy Dubai: Private Jet Prices Soar as Wealthy Take Flight from Dubai”
Wonder why the wealthy aren’t interested in private submarines. Seems safer from an escapism and survival perspective and probably cost just as much as a flimsy easy-target Gulfstream.
Indian / Filipino
slaveguest workers now is the time to rise up, the leadership of your oppressors is gone, now is the time of revolution.So where is your airplane now, Dubai? Oh yeah, that’s right, you gave it to the Cheeto to bribe him and he said fuck you, smiled, and kicked you square in the balls.
Why do people still try to apease this psychopath
That was Qatar. Different country…
I’m also pretty sure they (Dubai or Qatar) have more than ONE airplane.
They actually have a lot of airplanes.
You think they might have 2?
Angel https://share.google/tGr5YS4T7nVMW7m0B
Won’t YOU think of the billionaires?
