I find it a bit condescending because most of the things you cite are also present in europe just more subtly, this is just human nature that nobody can change
Dubai seems at the extreme of inequality, corruption, and ostentatiousness of the few ultra-rich. Also an extreme caste system with very few citizens (about 92% of Dubai is non-citizens, and you cannot obtain citizenship either as far as I know: you're born into it). It's a luxurious place built on the labor and exploitation of a second-class of people that can never become citizens, by design.
It's not "just human nature" that "nobody can change".
Being "condescending" against the ultra-rich is not something that should make anyone lose their sleep. It's punching up, not down.
Dubai seems at the extreme of inequality, corruption, and ostentatiousness of the few ultra-rich. Also an extreme caste system with very few citizens (about 92% of Dubai is non-citizens, and you cannot obtain citizenship either as far as I know: you're born into it). It's a luxurious place built on the labor and exploitation of a second-class of people that can never become citizens, by design.
It's not "just human nature" that "nobody can change".
Being "condescending" against the ultra-rich is not something that should make anyone lose their sleep. It's punching up, not down.