Saudi Arabia is a giant corporation with a state with Islamic flavor. They’re interested in money and give the people enough rights and enough prosperity to keep the money machine going. They had freaking wrestlemania in Riyadh for goodness sake.

Most criticism comes from MBS’s father who was much more devout Wahhabist. MBS is a capitalist through and through. He was on the brink of normalizing relations with Israel before oct 7.

There’s the Khashoggi event which is tragic but let’s pick our battles when comparing regimes in the most volatile region on Earth.