I dont mean places that are like ragingly anticommunist (which is most places I think), but they have like appalling social issues. Say like UAE or any of the Gulf states that use slave labor and indentured servitude on a mass scale. Like would you say visiting dubai or doha is morally questionable? A friend is offering to visit Muscat cuz there are cheap flights but I dont know if I should. Or are there ways I can ameliorate my staying there, like maybe giving money to some orgs or something. Idk what do you think
I would say because unlike other countries, gulf states tend to promote and build artificial cultures. Like seriously, name one thing that Dubai is known for other than immense decadence and large buildings? And it’s not even me be being discriminatory. Other Arab nations promote important cultural or historical relics (or if they don’t, there are important movements/events there that a communist may be interested in doing a pilgrimage to), meanwhile everything promoted in the gulf states is just related to wealth and vanity and practically everything related to the left has been eradicated and the remnants driven underground.
African states are heavily exploited, yes, but they also don’t devalue their culture and history - there is something valuable to experience even if you’re not related to the culture and history. You REALLY have to know your history to even know where to visit in the gulf states because they certainly aren’t interested in telling you. And I highly doubt 99% of visitors to Dubai or the UAE are doing it because they care so much about history lol. Maybe you’ll be the 1%, but I doubt it.