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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

Apropos of nothing, Saudi Arabia is the definition of a petro-state.

Chickens. Coming home. Roosting. Etc.

[–] nikita 23 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Your comment was probably off handed but I just wanna clarify that muslims aren’t to blame for our oil addiction, rich people are

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Also remember the west (Brits and Americans) empowered them. Hell, most of the Saudi Family grew up in one of those places.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So is Canada. How's your forest fires?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I won't say I didn’t have a bit of schadenfreude when Fort McMurray burned.