r/geography • u/Necessary_Wing799 Geography Enthusiast • 18d ago

Oman - a country rarely spoken about. What's happening there? Discussion

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Oman is located in a area we heat about a lot for an array of reasons - there are many famous and newsworthy spots close by from dubai to Doha to Iran and Yemen...... what goes on in Oman? Let us know how life is here and any relevant info on its current state....

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u/EnvironmentalEnd6104 17d ago

Fuck that! Fuck socialism, fuck monarchy, fuck fascism. If you’re not liberal democracy fuck you.

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u/doorbell2021 17d ago

You seem to think that it's really simple to have a liberal democracy in a country that has no tradition of democracy. We've been at it for a couple hundred years in the US and are managing to fuck things up pretty well currently.

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u/EnvironmentalEnd6104 17d ago

The president you don’t like winning a democratic election is not a lapse in democracy sorry.

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u/doorbell2021 17d ago

Would you feel the same way when a democratically-elected government in a Muslim country takes away fundamental freedoms from those they disagree with?

Just because you are elected doesn't mean you are a just and fair leader.

Just because you are a monarch doesn't mean you can't be good leader.

Oman is certainly not perfect, but it is about as close as you'll find to benevolent dictatorship in the real world.

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u/EnvironmentalEnd6104 17d ago

Lmao. What fundamental freedoms is trump taking away?

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u/doorbell2021 17d ago

This is the wrong sub for that extensive list.

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u/EnvironmentalEnd6104 17d ago

So you couldn’t think of any? Hysterical.

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u/doorbell2021 17d ago

I know how to adhere to sub rules.

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u/EnvironmentalEnd6104 17d ago

Mhm. Couldn’t even come up with a single example. Yet defending autocrats. Seriously hysterical.

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u/doorbell2021 17d ago

You seem to base your politics solely on something that happened to your parents decades ago.

Fine, here's a starter list for you: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2017/04/usa-100-ways-trump-has-threatened-human-rights-in-first-100-days/

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u/EnvironmentalEnd6104 17d ago

Still waiting for an example. Lmao. A terror supporting organization like amnesty isn’t going to cut it. Your repeated refusal to make an argument only serves to prove my point that there’s nothing you can point to to back up your claims.

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u/doorbell2021 17d ago

You seem to be fine with amnesty for Cubans but not anyone else.

Take your hypocrisy somewhere else. I'm not responding anymore.

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u/EnvironmentalEnd6104 17d ago

What does ai have to do with Cubans?

You’re not responding because it’s clear you’ve lost.

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