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Re: Family cars abandoned at Dubai airport by fleeing expats
I concur 100% with your analysis. It applies to the entire GCC. People need to understand that what appears on the shiny surface in these states is very different from what is actually going on out of view of everyone, including a good number of the expats in your top 6% who refuse to acknowledge what their eyes are seeing.
Originally posted by mfyahya
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Here's the class breakdown in the UAE
Top 1%
Royal families researching creative ways to spend money and ensuring Western military support for their regimes.
Western investment bankers managing the oil money
Intelligence services brass suppressing grassroots Islamic movements
These groups generally have a clue (except some of the first), are very arrogant, and walk two inches above the ground.
Next 5%
Business owners, executives, other highly paid professionals, both locals and expatriates.
This group has a clue, generally not arrogant, and walks on the ground.
Next 19%
Rich locals receiving direct of indirect handouts from the government via monopolies on extracting rent, or as sleeping partners in local small businesses etc
This group is clueless, very arrogant, and walks one inch above the ground without any right.
Remaining 75%
Expats mainly from the Indian subcontinent and the Philippines, that barely make ends meet, or live in abject poverty.
Generally clueless, not arrogant, and walk knee deep in mud.
Okay, sorry for being flippant
, but I can't help it after living in this silly country.
Top 1%
Royal families researching creative ways to spend money and ensuring Western military support for their regimes.
Western investment bankers managing the oil money
Intelligence services brass suppressing grassroots Islamic movements
These groups generally have a clue (except some of the first), are very arrogant, and walk two inches above the ground.
Next 5%
Business owners, executives, other highly paid professionals, both locals and expatriates.
This group has a clue, generally not arrogant, and walks on the ground.
Next 19%
Rich locals receiving direct of indirect handouts from the government via monopolies on extracting rent, or as sleeping partners in local small businesses etc
This group is clueless, very arrogant, and walks one inch above the ground without any right.
Remaining 75%
Expats mainly from the Indian subcontinent and the Philippines, that barely make ends meet, or live in abject poverty.
Generally clueless, not arrogant, and walk knee deep in mud.
Okay, sorry for being flippant
, but I can't help it after living in this silly country.
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