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  How's this news trending on Twitter?
context: Better give them a World Cup. >
  
  And more American pop star concerts >
  
  And another WWE "premium live event". >
  
  And a dystopian MegaCity you can’t escape from, why not? >
  
  Well, ya know, he's pretty into that shit. >
  
  The innocent blood of children is being shed in the hands of the Saudi regime, as the number of executions of minors has seen a slight increase in the past six years. The thought of children being subjected to the horrors of torture and denied a fair trial before facing the death penalty is beyond unacceptable and reprehensible. >
  
  And yet it's exactly what most of the people there want. It's like honor killings and all that garbage. Humans are a strange bunch. >
  
  how the f you know most people want this- like really how would you know? half of population is enslaved and doesnt even have basic human rights - when was the last time they asked women anything? did they voted on referendum for murder of children ? or live with any resemblance of democratic institutions where they can express their toughts on how society should be  governed? you realise in lots of cases people are being executed because they are oposing this totalitarian regime? whata shitty racist comment.. >
  
  Half of the population is enslaved? Seems a bit inaccurate. We'd hear about 18 million slaves. >
  
  sure you hear about it but in mostly whitewashed way of reporting western mainstream media has - being that SA is  "ally" country of west  . women , i meant women and their "rights" in SA,  at least  half of population are women - you get it? ... and with other "migrant workers" , different classes and minorities and satus that they all have in such "society", yeah its probably much more then half of population >
  
  Hope I live long enough to see the world get rid of the Saud family. >
  
  I've seen reason to doubt the Saudi's proven reserve amounts. So who knows, maybe its significantly lower than they claim and easily accessible oil there starts running out within our lifetimes.
  Such that the crude from oil from Alberta Canada and retooling of refineries to work with American crude from fracking becomes viable. With the net result of Saudi price per barrel being uneconomical to buy on the global crude market compared to other nations.
  They'll be in for a very bad time, since they lack a productive population, and any means of imperialism with their oil wealth. All they have is a mercenary army and foreign workers extracting the oil. >
  
  I still don't see how that's a good outcome. If their government falls apart it won't just turn into a perfect liberal democracy/communist paradise/literally any form of functional government. 
  You'll just have a situation like Yemen now except it's the entire population of Saudi Arabia caught up in the mess. There's no way any western countries will even think about an intervention after Iraq/Afghanistan. >
  
  While it wouldn't be great in the short term, I fail to see how the status quo is better in the long term.
  I dont want to sound callous, but sometimes things need to break a bit before they can get better. >
  
  
  While it wouldn't be great in the short term, I fail to see how the status quo is better in the long term.
  
  Not great is huge understatement. It will be catastrophic and will have long lasting impact. For the amount of wealth of the country, power struggle will be immense.
  Also for the country citizens, MBS regime is anything but status quo. And that's for fundamentalists and progressives alike. >
  
  A shitty leader and person doing shitty things? That's nuts. >
  
  Remember when this murderer was getting magazine spreads and favourable newspaper articles in the West. And they were calling him the great reformer, a modern man and someone who wouldn't do any of that brutality, dictator stuff.
  They tried to whitewash this asshole and then he blew that up with a brazen assassination and it's been masks off since. At least all that pretense is over. Not surprisingly the media are also pretending they never tried to push this guy onto the public, the now morally degenerate Telegraph has never met a prominent murderer, rapist, they wouldn't try to whitewash. >
  
  He’s a real life Aladeen >
  
  Nah, he isn't half as cool >
  
  Wish it was enough to convince our current administration to become energy independent. Be nice to be able to cold shoulder the Saudis until they decide they want to join this century…. >
  
  Naw it has to do with the Petro dollar.  Nothing to do with getting their oil.  If we left China comes in immediately. >
  
  Yeah true. At any rate I don’t think we play our hand w the Saudis well at all. >
  
  What's the alternative? 
  Turn them into Iran 2.0 so they can sell their oil through India/China? That won't accomplish anything.
  Direct military invasion is also completely off the table, we were stretching with Iraq and in the modern environment that just wouldn't get any support. 
  So if we can't invade them, and don't have the ability to force them to change their politics, what do we do? We have no actual leverage over them. The only thing we can do is keep selling them things so their money flows towards America, and try to use our soft power to influence their politics. But the whole point of soft power is you can't make someone do something they don't want to >
  
  Yeah pretty much. It’s a problem there are no easier solutions to. >
  
  what about hacksaw sales? >
  
  Remember his "reformer" PR tour?
  Says everything you need to know about American media that they all just went along with it. >
  
  That was always hilarious to me. Really took you that long to put a woman behind a wheel? >
  
  If anyone is a soccer fan, I find it frustrating how Newcastle and their management don't get grilled enough for working for this man. Even pundits ignore it for the sake of 'nice football'. So sad. >
  
  More frustratingly they're increasing front runners for World Cup 2030. >
  
  Anyone who follows football knows that they're unlikely to get the 2030 bid. Asia just hosted and no continent has hosted 2 in 3 this century with the whole expanding football approach. 2030 is likely going to south america. >
  
  Anybody who follows Fifa knows that money talks, unfortunately. >
  
  MBS is a criminal. >
  
  The look in the eyes always gives me bad vibes. >
  
  This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 73%. (I'm a bot)
  
  
  The rate of executions carried out by Saudi Arabia has almost doubled under the rule of the de facto leader, Mohammed bin Salman, with the past six years being among the bloodiest in the Kingdom's modern history, a report has found.
  The report - prepared by two organisations, the European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights and Reprieve - says: "Saudi Arabia's application of the death penalty is riddled with discrimination and injustice and the Saudi regime has been lying to the international community about its use."The death penalty is routinely used for non-lethal offences and to silence dissidents and protesters, despite promises by the crown prince that executions would only be used for murder," it added.
  In the last six years there have also been slight increases in numbers of executions of children, women and foreign nationals, as well as mass executions and executions for non-lethal offences.
  
  
  Extended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: executions^#1 year^#2 Saudi^#3 death^#4 kingdom^#5 >
  
  How’s his rate of assassinating and chopping up Washington Post reporters doing? >
  
  Remember, he was dismembered then murdered. Order is important. >
  
  Order is important, but there's no way to dismember someone without killing them first >
  
  The house of saud apparently disagrees. Kashogi was still alive as they hacked off his limbs. >
  
  Damn MBS needs to fire his PR team 
  Remember when he was really pushing to look like a younger more modern dictator? You know before having that guy chainsawed? >
  
  It was a hacksaw iirc, way more manual >
  
  The house of Saud is one of Earth's 12 pestilence families. >
  
  Isn't he supposed to be the progressive one? >
  
  There's a reason he's still in charge. People in saudi like him and rightfully so. He's better than the alternative of civil war and strife like in Yemen, Iraq or Syria. >
  
  He’s also looking to build trophy hunting grounds in Tanzania and the gov there is evicting and shooting Maasai living there >
  
  This guy loves murder and owning a premier league club. >
  
  Destroy the Saudi Crown >
  
  And that is why nobody should believe their attempt at sportswashing themselves. >
  
  This right here… from f1 to golf and on >
  
  If there was justice he would receive all the things he dealt out.
  Starting with a bone saw >
  
  but hey , at least women can drive now! >
  
  Every time I see something like this I get the urge to punt Thomas Friedman into the sun. >
  
  Suadi government is straightup evil
  They get everything
  
  Major international sports events
  European / American rock/pop stars
  Leading architecture firms
  Major yacht / car shows 
  Weapon sales including Europe
  Positive documentaries of their 'vast wealth' 
  
  Literally, they want you to be so seduced by their wealth that people don't care how they paid for it, the slaved labour. 
  What are you doing about? 
  
  Speak out like some are doing here
  Call out Western governments 
  When a star goes there for an event, call them out on all social media with facts of Saudis atrocities 
  
  If the Saudis are turning to China, let them, we cant stop them but we sure the fuck can apply pressure on our own people that don't mind blood money. >
  
  Money and power will always win, it has been winning for centuries and it will continue to win. No one can do anything and no one will. We will keep putting our head down and work like slaves while the masters enjoy the life of luxury. >
  
  This guy is evil >
  
  US weapons protect their atrocities. >
  
  Just look at him. He looks like an evil fuck. >
  
  Acts like one, is one, but he just looks like a normal dude. But that’s even more frightening- this evil fuck looks like the cashier at target or a friend from pottery class, not a cartoon villain. >
  
  It’s his smiling >
  
  An era of excessive execution,
  And a distinct lack of elocution,
  Collective conscience devolution,
  Overdue a Confucian revolution. >
  
  Not the same ballpark as this guy. 
  But there were 3 federal US death penalty executions since 1988….until Trump. 
  Trump is a supporter of the death penalty and 13 death row inmates were executed in Trump’s last year alone. Biden is against the death penalty and was expected to pause executions. A few of the Trump administration executions were accelerated, proceeding just weeks or days before Biden became president. 
  BBC source >
  
  They execute protestors and minors under torture who never hurt or killed anyone without fair or public trails.  They also execute activists and whistle blowers, and people who voice their disagreements.  They even killed and handed death sentences for people who refused to leave their homes for Neom project.
  I don't get how you compare US death penalty of ruthless murders after appeals and public trails to that shithole.  Also if you compare them by % of population , it's 20 times that of the US.  It's just another level >
  
  But, but, but… Regime in Iran violates human rights and they should goooo😭😭😭
  Sad American/Saudi Media Noises. >
  
  …what? Both are violating human rights >
  
  Loud Double standards Noises >
  
  It’s a hobby >
  
  The king slowly killing everyone and no one does anything about it lol >
  
  Yo, it's 2023. if you are ruled by a mother fucking "king" you got problems. I feel for these people. Scary shit. >
  
  Don’t feel for us. Most Gulf Arabs support their monarchs. Many Saudi Arabians have a photo of MBS on their Tinder profile as a sign of support, if not outright adulation. By and large we deserve this. >
  
  I feel for the ignorant as well ❤️ >
  
  Bless you and your big heart, stranger 💗 >
  
  Meanwhile Saudi Arabians (and everyone else in the Gulf): “You should visit Saudi now! It’s changed so much, there’s so much to do, and women don’t even have to wear a hijab anymore! We have great cinemas! And concerts! And Ronaldo was here!”
  Dictators, you might argue, can’t help themselves. But society has no excuse. >
  
  Alhamdulallah >
  
  Makes sense. >
  
  Emi martinez sweating >
  
  Sure, he kills some people here and there, but have you seen his oil?! Now that’s some good stuff right there. >
  
  He started his reign with a execution inside an embassy >
  
  MLB is going to have to rule with an iron fist to keep himself safe from his countrymen. >
  
  He looks like a guy who would get poisoned by his own chefs. >
  
  Rather unsurprising >
  
  Will Ronaldo end up like Kasshoggi? >
  
  He is making a good case for hosting the next FIFA event! >
  
  I thought he was the “cool” one, that lets women drive and see movies. >
  
  Saudi Arabia was a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council when they murdered Jamal Khashoggi. 
  The US needs better allies. >
  
  You spelled Mohammed bone saw man incorrectly. >
  
  What???? No way!
  Someone who dismembers a person and dissolves their body executes more people? Shocking. >
  
  Looks like he's a closeted sociopath. >
  
  How progressive. What human trash. >
  
  Damn I knew that salmon was bad now look at him 🐟 >
  
  “The reformer” btw >
  
  Hey, look, everybody makes mistakes.