alt Hacker News> but it certainly is from a culture and society perspective. Like living in the 12th century except there are also shiny glass skyscrapers.
I am surprised looking at this seemingly racist comment. Just because someone doesn't follow your tradition/culture doesn't mean they are living in the 12th century. There are people living everywhere in the world.
Dubai is in fact very developed, and there are not just camels living there - there are people, and many companies - albeit not so much primarily in the tech industry.
They do not have the tallest building in the world there worth $1.5 billion for no reason. They have tech needs like any other country and I hope that clears your confusion.
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There is nothing racist about that comment.
In those countries women are owned properties of their husbands, homosexuality is punishable by death and slavery is common.
But yeah, sure, they have a tall skyscraper so they are ok I guess.
The cultural beliefs are definitely different.
Putting aside the cast-based insane wealth inequality and the extremist religious zealotry, I suspect they are referring to the pervasive slave labor culture
https://www.walkfree.org/global-slavery-index/country-studie...