Dubai Is A Parody Of The 21st Century

The worst of urban planning and capitalism, plus some slavery for good measure. Welcome to Dubai, everyone.
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[@AdamSomething]

RIP old video, hello new video. This time without any potential copyright claims.

[@AndrewMellor-darkphoton]

Hi

[@LazarusDescent]

@@AndrewMellor-darkphoton Old or New its always fun to rewatch your videos

[@AKAThatKid]

damn that mustve hurt man. They didn't get the revenue from it, did they?

[@chompythebeast]

Sorry, oligarchs, can't get rid of our comrade Adam _that_ easily

[@Styyxxxx]

I am going to ignore the fact that I watched it before and watch it again now.

[@BigWilmson]

Let's be real and simple here. If your billion dollar house, hasn't even been planned with a sewage system, it's just a glorified tent.

[@gaggioaxel]

Nah you're wrong, rich and selfish people don't poop, neither women do. That's a joke don't take it ser... ->Dubai enters the chat.

[@LOLERXP]

They just ran out of money for it.

[@b.alyousef1362]

I totally agree with palm island, cuz its stupid and expensive Another thing Dubai is not emarati oil deponent, unlike Abu Dabi. True that burj khalifa is not linked to sewage system, but dont forget there was economic issue back in 2009, and they had to decide whether to build a skyscraper cost 1.5 billion with temporary sewage system, or spend 30 billion for the infrastructure with no sightseeing. Dubai has started aggressively with their infrastructure, and it is expected to be done by 2025. By that time, their system should be big enough for double the size of the city currently For ur info 2020 GDP of dubai alone is 100billion dollar , most of which is from Tourism

[@jordie4423]

The pandemic, and specific, the Omicron variant, will bring lockdowns for years to come. It will be hard for Dubai to survive in a world with constant lockdowns and COVID restrictions. Hope UAE has deep pockets to borrow from

[@TheJoyriderzz]

@@jordie4423 like the previous variants, the omnicron won’t be effective like you say. It’s a very mild variant. Stop trying to use scare tactics

[@nepaliisheaven5903]

Moment of silent who lost their life for building skyscrapers. My uncle lost his life and he made 120$ a month. Working 12 hours a day. 6 days a week.

[@wizardkoer782]

I'm sorry to hear that my man :(

[@abdulrahmanotaru3473]

Not only the building people die of hunger everyday here.. we need help

[@thanchoul2754]

Sorry for your loss

[@imperialstardestroyer712]

I am very sorry man 😔

[@deltafrost8642]

@Clu Rosencrans thank you for the info, what a nice story :)

[@Kito-Anime-Arena]

My ex was kidnapped in Dubai by an Uber driver and drove out into the desert where they waited for another car to show up. When the other car got there, she realized if she was going to get in with that person she would never be seen again, so instead made a run for it. She made it back to Dubai and told the cops, who didnt believe her, saying "this doesnt happen in Dubai". Crazy shit.

[@danilookovic7971]

This doesnt happen in dubai? Thats their response? "They killed my family" "But that doesnt happen here"

[@anisa2273]

there's no kidnapping in Ba Sing Se, here we are safe

[@allenk6373]

@@danilookovic7971trust me Our guide told us that he barely lock his car and one day he left a IPad that’s and nothing ever happened so it’s very safe

[@zgaming6806]

She made a run for it in the middle of the desert from dudes in cars, and got back to the city? Did they just stand there watching her sprint across the desert? Struggling to visualise that...

[@Kito-Anime-Arena]

@@zgaming6806 uh no, not at all. First off it was at night, they brought her to some construction site she said, she could duck in between places where cars couldn’t reach and eventually ran back after hiding a bit.

[@lunarebony6122]

Hello. As a person who went to school in dubai, this is all 100% accurate. To give you the picture.... schools would often host these charity events. Basically they made kids buy toothbrushes to gift to construction workers. Toothbrushes. All the kids thought this was completely normal until they got to the age where they had a conscience. The workers have so little, they are gifted TOOTHBRUSHES by schools. They don't even have the money to buy toothbrushes. This was a problem with the school cleaners as well. There would be a day at the end of the school year to donate money to the cleaners... this money went to a big-ish lunch for them. They get paid so little, they aren't allowed to question, get angry, show any sign of emotion other than happiness, and the best the school can give them is a big lunch.

[@jjaa_joyjoyartist]

Chilling...

[@zianawind2970]

I’m glad you can speak up as a person who lived there. Honestly it might seem a small thing but it isn’t. Speak up because the world knows nothing really of such places I believe people being willing to state their experiences objectively goes way further than any media coverage

[@RisenPhoenix68]

Sounds like SLAVERY.

[@NeNukee]

Is everyone in dubai rich? I dont understand

[@gusbrowner4089]

yo dude that's very scary

[@jordy_3d]

It feels like Dubai is just some guy's first attempt at playing Cities: Skylines after watching a few videos on KZbin and immediately using the Unlock All mod rather than learning about city development whatsoever

[@jacobbaird951]

LOL

[@alexanderismylove]

It is insanely accurate

[@gormauslander]

This is exactly what it looks like when you gain money that is given to you rather than gaining it through hard work and development of character

[@nathanbrown6279]

It is tho

[@genesisbustamante-durian]

Is it possible to learn about city development and planning by playing Cities: Skylines?

[@ganweidi1382]

Dubai is a perfect literal metaphor of pure materialism without context, culture and value.

[@luigi1606]

Capitalism on crack

[@lipikagoswami2817]

Totally agree

[@juniorm641]

So America 2.0 basically

[@samuela.botello2881]

@@juniorm641 um no

[@rarecandy3445]

@@samuela.botello2881 uh, yeah. american cities were later on built like shit.

[@byronius7012]

Dubai is a great case study of what would happen if you gave unlimited resources to someone who doesn't know what city planning is and told them to plan a city

[@GoGoG4MinG]

I always said that Dubai is a HUGE caricature of all the worst in our society

[@arthas640]

it's basically just a copy of Vegas

[@The_Ballo]

@@arthas640 Vegas has one of the world's most advanced sewer systems. Nothing is wasted.

[@belinskiniko]

@@arthas640yeah at least you dont have to have a bunch of literal shit trucks come and haul shit away… sewage systems are so taken for granted. “out of sight , out of mind”

[@arthas640]

@@belinskiniko pretty standard when it comes to infrastructure, especially electrical and plumbing. Nobody really think about either until something goes wrong. In many first world countries its even expected that companies have standby generators so that even if the power grid goes down they can still shop.

[@aviationclub2637]

Dubai is the perfect example that you can't buy taste, a soul and culture.

[@mervin06]

And also you can’t buy VPN in UAE, it’s banned in Dubai and all other cities. I don't live in Dubai but if this video gets sponsored by VPN, it’s gonna look more cool.

[@tonyantony1977]

In dubai People from developed nations represents greed.

[@aaronbrown3820]

Stop wasting your money in Dubai

[@ardrahmatpratama362]

They treat the people well. Subject to 0% tax, in fact, they were given a house. The standard of their simple house will be equivalent to a luxury house for us. What can your government do for you? They don't even care about your life.

[@ardrahmatpratama362]

@Бразилец True. If I was born there. I must have at least been given a house by the government. A simple house (but luxurious enough for British and Americans standard house). I have at least 1 ferrari.Also have a tiger as a pet 😂 I am free to travel the world. Because I was given enough money from the government. I'm not sure he who said bad things could get that in his country.

[@Cichlid_Visuals]

dubai is like when you stumble beyond the game map borders into an unfinished shell of a city

[@alanmalan3819]

Dubai is like Chicago and NYC in 1930s, poor immigrants and reach immigrants with rasism and nationalism stopped by money and supported by mafias

[@MrDino1953]

Gtreat analogy.

[@snoote533]

That makes alot of sense

[@321Tdog]

Debug mode

[@bluegold21]

It's a white elephant.

[@majorpwner241]

Dude don't apologize for this getting dark... it was brilliant how you ended this. Your criticisms are legitimate. Don't apologize to make weak people more comfortable with something that should be disturbing them. This video is amazing and insightful and my only criticism is that you felt the need to apologize when you were so right.

[@guysumpthin2974]

Legendary Wisdom & Delivery in this video (a gift from the creator)

[@MP-cb7zk]

100%, lived and worked in Dubai and other major centres throughout the Middle East for 10 years. It's all the same and everything that you've highlighted in your documentary is completely accurate. Ruling families seeing which can upstage the other the most, most luxurious, tallest building, most outlandish architecture, most opulent palace, it's outrageous. And you hit the nail on the head with your coverage of 'modern day slavery'. Coming to this part of the world makes one feel complicit in all the wrong doing towards the migrant worker population and the daily human rights violations that occur, that they endure by coming here. Promised better lives only to be treated like slaves; human trafficking that isn't covered in the news.

[@RedCloudBeechWaveAhh]

I like to focus on things that are beautiful, but folks need to, pity, forgive, shame, laugh at these rulers and plutocrats... I Dubai is a sham and a shame, and an embarrassment. Now back to beauty and love

[@sleepingrepurr6317]

i LOVE the idea of future humans finding those dumb man-made islands underwater and just thinking "what the fuck"

[@tiefensucht]

..and they will think: "they had all the ressources, why didn't they build dams?"

[@baronnuuke7821]

"probably some kind of ceremonial island"

[@losfromla1480]

They won't find anything there, the ocean will eat it all over the next hundred years, not a single toothpick will be left. Well, if they used any plastic that won't float away or be carried away by currents, that might remain.

[@stephenschultz9901]

I picture those folks thinking... Ancient Aliens 👽 🤣

[@ggttuuxx]

Actually I think they will find a disappeared, unrecorded civilization of mystery. Humans tend to over-rate unknown old junk, that disappear for a reason.

[@MegaIam007]

As someone who loves to travel, Dubai never really appealed to me. It feels like everything is made of "plastic". The city has no character at all and too superficial.

[@abrahamlincoln9758]

This is the best humanity can do.

[@vict0ree]

Makes sense why its the mecca of every toolbag "influencer" on KZbin.

[@ivanjimenez4985]

How can you say that if you haven't been there. I love Dubai and have lived in 9 countries and travelled to 60. It would be childish to think that modern cities have been built through completely ethical practices. Still, that does not detract from the beauty of Dubai. You can have a Devil's Lake in Wisconsin where thousands of American Indians were slaughtered till the lake turned red, but if you go there you will see the beauty of the landscape. Human beings confuse things. Dubai, Babylon, New York, Mexico City and many other cities have been built over the backbone of suffering workers, but that does not detract from the beauty of what may have been built. It may actually make it even more beautiful. People should learn how civilizations and empires have been built. It hasn't exactly been a child's game.

[@gordonwilson1631]

@@abrahamlincoln9758 Wealth creates inhumanity.

[@ivanjimenez4985]

@Good Gi indeed. I am not trying to excuse anyone. Simply illustrating the double standards. Mexican and Central-American farm workers in Southwestern USA or Africans treated as slaves in Spain certainly tell us a lot about the double standards. 🤔 The ideal would be to raise standards worldwide and not condemn Dubai for what runs rampant in many very rich countries.

[@Tosspoet]

An old friend of mine lives In Dubai, he had an opportunity to live in Berlin, a not-perfect city but a comparatively much better place ethically. When he moved there first he did when he visited back home was complain about the "quality of cleaner" in Berlin is not up to par compared to Dubai. Number one I work in retail am working class and definitely don't have enough for a cleaner, so he's already lost me. But what made it even worse is how he went on to say "The cleaners in Dubai have more of a passion for the work, the one in Berlin always for more money if she worked overtime, found her to be quite a drag". I stopped wanting to be friends with him after this point.. He moved back to Dubai recently from Berlin and said "Berlin has too much culture, it's distracting me from my work"... I think Dubai is also corrosive to the souls of people who live there. It chips away at people's concepts of fairness and justice, leaving only a facade of opulence. I would love nothing more than to see the exploited workers why mince words the people in slavery rise up and take the city they made for themselves.

[@FutureCommentary1]

I'm from Africa and everybody wants to go to Dubai on vacation. To me it always seems to be a parody city. If I want middle east culture I go to Egypt or Jordan. If I want to be blown away by bling bling capitalism Las Vegas seems to be the place. But my fellow countrymen just love Dubai for some reason.

[@nyangedickson4360]

I think Dubai is just to hyped in Africa.

[@echodelta2172]

dude, Vegas is gross. When I went there I saw many Africans wandering around and couldn't imagine what they were taking away from the experience.

[@FutureCommentary1]

@@echodelta2172 We probably take away the same thing other tourists do; it's a major tourist destination for a reason. My point was Dubai seems like a pale copy of everything you can already see somewhere else.

[@psychokitty444]

"Smooth brain dictator plus construction equals dumb shit" pops into my head every so often.

[@uprightfossil6673]

That is a dig of intellectual proportions

[@andytrillion6030]

And poverty, homelessness, prostitution is highly intelligent to you? Lol sad.

[@games_on_phone89]

oh hey i know you

[@ArtGirl82]

You should see the road he had built in the middle of nowhere. Google Ceausescu's Folly, it's a fucking trip and a half.

[@wedemboyz]

How you gonna quote something and not provide the timestamp for said quote?

[@troyjones2687]

I never understood why “modern” has to automatically mean ugly glass and steel crap. I think mixing old beautiful buildings with modern looks so much better.

[@syppy7416]

true

[@troy5094]

hi person with the same name

[@TankEngine75]

Agreed

[@tite93]

True, I don't think Dubai had any old buildings though. Would've been cool if they at least tried to keep a kind of local spirit in the architecture

[@superchargedpetrolhead]

@@tite93 it does have old buildings...search Dubai old town....that was the OG Dubai, and it looks beautiful but instead of building upon that architecture and history they just started building abominations because MONEY.....

[@moglista9799]

the "sand mafia" is a real problem: there are whole beaches disappearing because so much sand gets sucked up from the sea floor. (to install equilibrium again the sand from the shore moves naturally to the sea) it is mostly used for concrete but also for insane projects like this. sand is often considered one of the most valuable resources on earth. as mentioned in the video, the sand from the desert (aeolian sediment, shaped by air) cannot be used because of a different texture, making it less "sticky"

[@arthas640]

There's been issues in places like Indonesia from this. They've had huge issues with people stealing sand for construction projects in the Gulf states and Singapore, I've heard estimates of 10% or less of the sand being taken being from licensed, legal operations and it's caused ecological damage across the region as the dredging oeprations kill off tons of plants and animals on the seafloor which disrupts the food chain and ultimately affecting fish and crustaceans as well.

[@Jwellsuhhuh]

the poop trucks part gets me every time LMAO

[@hobbypsychologist6444]

Its not only some poop trucks it sa whole street of poop trucks Lmao

[@GeDePeU]

I think I saw a video about a North Korea hotel suffering from EXACTLY the same poop affliction.

[@somethinganonymous1723]

Mom found the poop trucks

[@sheawilliamgalley9608]

a quick googling says the poop trucks thing is false.

[@ryankramer]

@@sheawilliamgalley9608 Or rather, it was a temporary thing that's no longer true.

[@dalek-2rooper634]

Moment of silence for the 9 and a half million views that the original had. January 2023 Edit: Nvm it’s back lol

[@thinkbeforeyoutype7106]

Wow! It had over 9 million views? I remembered when it was just few hundred thousand. My man Adam is definitely starting to heat up in the nice way.

[@quintencabo]

He still got money for it right?

[@tmarritt]

@@quintencabo if ita a copyright claim the could also take the money...

[@harshit1570]

@I care what Bullshit is this ?

[@michaelkeaton5394]

Wait what???

[@witcherdown]

my family over in the philippines is extremely poor and theyre all farmers and/or former human trafficking victims. my aunt met someone from dubai who promised that her family would be rich if she came and worked for him and she fell victim to it. we didnt hear from her for YEARS until the entire family worked as hard as they could to get her back because my mom found out about what happens to immigrant workers in dubai. when she finally came back to the philippines, my aunt told everyone that she was a hotel maid and described it as slavery because all the money she made would be taken right back.

[@text9305]

Disgusting, your family sounds awesome though

[@oight]

i'm so sorry for what you and your family went through, i can't even imagine 😭😭 i hope your aunt is feeling much better now, that's amazing your family didn't give up xx

[@av4439]

I hope your family and aunt is doing better now.

[@drizzledking8770]

yea sadly that happens and it’s sickening but I can ensure you that real maid companies gives a month out of a year for a maid to go back to family and usually most of the money would be sent back to family and the maids would eat from what we eat and they choose their dresses but that is from my experience most of our maids live with us for years And years and one came back to work with us again after she left again this is all my experience as someone who has a maid I hope your ain’t is doing well

[@inertiafn1k641]

You guys do know the government doesn't do this?

[@red4666]

When I went to Morocco I asked my local travel guide as well as a fellow traveler (who works for a travel agency and has been around the world) about Dubai and Qatar and whether it's worth going. They more or less said exactly the same thing. "No. They have no history. Just skyscrapers." They recommended that I should go to Oman or Jordan instead.

[@MOHI_59]

bruv oman is a fucking desert. Either ur tour guy is drunk or he is that one arab that only loves deserts🤣🤣

[@bearlh40]

Lived and worked in the UAE for a year in 1999. I could tell so many horrible stories, mostly about the locals. Watching the abuse you mentioned was what wore me down. All you people who "just love the UAE" obviously lived isolated and privileged lives. Think of the city as levels. I had to "scratch the surface" and was led to the bottom levels, spending a year advocating for one of their immigrant victims. A Muslim from a Muslim country who was, like most of their Muslim immigrant 'brothers', treated worse than I can describe. Worse than you can imagine. It took me five years time...and a lot more time money and energy...to get this innocent young quadriplegic rehabed and repatriated back home. It was an absolute battle the entire way. It wasn't consistent with my philosophy , but I had to, for the first time in my life, realize that human beings can actually be...evil. Yeah tourists and expats, pray you never have to 'scratch the surface' and experience the Dark Ages Hell that is the true heart of this abomination of a country. And all their oil rich Gulf neighbors are pretty much the same.

[@loordaminasmr]

Wow . I am writing a book about those crimes if u can let's get more stories please

[@IrfuTuber]

nice story time to make an Aesop fairy tale outta this.

[@Heellp]

do you smell that ? No try again ! ooh I smelled Bullshit here you go.

[@Hamad93]

Who cares

[@Heellp]

@@Hamad93 تراه كذوب

[@MiG2880]

As Dolly Parton once said: "It costs a lot of money to look this cheap." 😂

[@GustavAgar]

lol

[@patrickjackson9128]

Facts I don't get why people with so much money have so little innovate and unique thoughts

[@KcKeegan]

@@patrickjackson9128 because theyre back water, ruled by their delusions/faith in a mystic being. If u gave cave men all the money and resources in the world, show them modern countries.. what would u expect them to achieve?

[@alternate5108]

@@KcKeegan I’m interested. Could you elaborate?

[@Poptart133g]

@@alternate5108 Not the OP, but I'd guess they'd make themselves out to be their vision of a king, and use that money to surround themselves with what they thought of as "grandeur". Nothing would go into the infrastructure backing their vision, only towards making that vision happen. That grandeur would not extend further than the environment he personally interacts with, so the wealth would naturally stay centralized to keep his self worth comparably high in contrast to the people and areas around him The people would suffer as this caveman king wouldn't interest himself in accommodating the workers, only ensuring his wealth spent is directed towards making his vision happen. This pattern has repeated throughout history, and even continues to this day in various forms.

[@homie89916]

As someone who grew up in Dubai for the first 15 years of my life. I will tell you, everything about this video is extremely accurate. Dubai is just a show but if you actually live there you realise the bad, evil and the horrible thing about this city.

[@bernhardtsen74]

my biggest spit take moment I heard about the city, is the floating islands!it keeps sinking into the water and have to be restocked/piled on every 3-4 months!

[@carlosr192]

The best of thinkers of the world project it. We can't blame the local Arabics. There's slavery like this every country, that is a modern society problem. If you have at least 4 months of reserves, a local language and any skill...you will not be a modern slave. Any...any city haven't a inteligent urban plan. A urban plan in cell model. Where you can walk just 40 min in any direction and have everything you need to live. More houses than skyscrapers, plazas trees and little malls north, south, west and east in that cell. A car just to move to another 10 km cell. If you can't limit the number of visitors in that cell...you can't have quality of life. You have to make it like a condo.

[@mesa9724]

The only mistake I think you have made is thinking the city was built for you, the common citizen when in reality it was built for the 0,1% super rich oil barons.

[@jewla1585]

@@carlosr192 quit making excuses for “rich people “ who act shitty. This just needs to stop period and a lot of the worlds problems would be fixed overnight. It’s time we start holding them accountable like everyone else is held accountable. It’s ridiculous this day in age to let this keep going on

[@rayRay-pw6gz]

People of great wealth see things from a different perspective. They are getting what THEY want . Slavery has and will always exist , it is part of the capitalist system . The video may bring up many good points but , it is from a COMMENERS perspective . You do not count . Read history books .

[@wanwall151]

Regarding migrant workers it is not just a Dubai problem but rather a common problem with Middle Eastern countries. As a fellow Muslim it embarss myself to be associated to Arabs who think they are a cut above others because of their wealth.

[@thecringeprince2040]

Hasn’t that always been the case?

[@ReikiMaulana]

Rich gulf countries has always been like that, don't generalize The Middle East with these hellhole i know there are still some good Arab countries that are worth to visit

[@Paonporteur]

It's funny that muslims are treated vastly better in North America,Oceania and Europe (to the point that they join the military in the US or run for higher office), while they are treated less than filth in, say, Myanmar, China (which authorities straight up said in UN that islam is a mental disorder AND a terrorist threat) and pretty much by their own people in muslim countries everywhere. It was really cute when muslim leaders endorsed several times China's conduct and India's stomping repeatedly.If only muslim activists tried to scrutinize harder their true oppressors instead of screeching at France or Quebec.

[@theemperorisnaked6791]

you literally pray in THEIR language. of course they think they are better than other muslims

[@wanwall151]

@@Paonporteur interesting I will like to see your reference for China saying Islam is a mental disorder in UN. From what I know China is against fundamentalist Islam. If china has issues with Islam they will have made life difficult for Hui Muslims too besides the Ugyhurs who is seeking for a seperate identity

[@cajun3k]

The term "expat" always makes me eye roll, especially coming from the US where pretty much every foreigner, regardless of means, is called an immigrant. Yet, overseas, Americans live in "expat communities". I liked your cheeky definition of the difference!

[@suzumes6738]

"They hated him, for he spoke the truth"

[@DyslexicMitochondria]

Welcome to the real world

[@sterlingarcher8041]

@@DyslexicMitochondria your username made me click on your profile. Your channel is a hidden gem bro

[@beanlentil]

@@sterlingarcher8041 same, his channel is as fine as wine

[@nobodygrognak3087]

@@sterlingarcher8041 found the alt account

[@vexilloman]

Lol it got deleted because of copyright, not because of the topic.

[@Yes-kb5yv]

Dubai: pursues "modernity" Also Dubai: didn't build a sewage system for a billion dollar building Edit: Fookin hell, I just made fun of an ironic event and you guys just created an argument here lol

[@Inhale_8632]

Bro... its like the highest skyscraper in the world, do you really think that you could build an entire sewage system through 70+ floors and not have it fail? Maintenence would be a nightmare.

[@SYFTV1]

@@Inhale_8632 still, having it would still be better than not having one at all

[@osoretro2721]

@@Inhale_8632 id imagine. Yk being loaded with cash, theyd atleast make a working sewage system.

[@Inhale_8632]

@@SYFTV1 believe me it'd fail faster than it works

[@Inhale_8632]

@OsoRetro Reply below me

[@MforMovesets]

"With foresight, they built it in secret." Sounds like my job. 😂 Where everyone waits until the boss is on vacation to plan things quick and properly.

[@FelicityUwU]

What do you do as your job?

[@someonewithsomename]

you got to change your job, mate, that's not normal

[@sasha1586]

Do you happen to work at a paper company in Scranton, Pennsylvania ? 😅

[@catwithaneyepatch]

As an arab (not from the gulf): the worst arabic people I’ve met have mostly been from the UAE and KSA. The unwarranted pride and the utter lack of humility is kinda funny

[@nohabloemojislosiento4930]

Dubai was entirely designed to say "look at how fucking rich we are." It's entire purpose is to say fuck you to environmentalists and sea creatures alike. It will be fantastic, however, when it all comes crashing down within our lifetimes.

[@hamsterpouches]

Yes I look forward to that

[@marioanid4766]

Well they built a lot of parks and green places. And they take care of their people.. And the kings are giving back a lot and investing to build the country, instead of keeping the money .. So kudos to them actually

[@enjoe3837]

@@marioanid4766 “And they take care of their people” …well how about the overseas workers they’re enslaving?

[@-Ricky_Spanish-]

@@marioanid4766 Did you actually watch the fucking video?

[@marioanid4766]

@@-Ricky_Spanish- yes… ofc i did… Would u explain what was wrong with my comment or what showed that i did not?

[@jamestown8398]

2:10 I respect those engineers. They risked their lives in order to serve the people they were designing the metro system for. That's a great level of civic service.

[@alister_kroulenko]

metro is more longterm project that life duration of stupid goverment leaders, they really care about next generations

[@Ray.6406]

That's where the "civil" part in civil engineering comes in

[@R_Karri]

That's pretty badass not gonna lie. Building those in secret from the government.

[@athens31415]

Still a form of Exploitation

[@DTN358]

Naaah, I'm pretty sure they just did it to steal the money that would be allotted to building a proper station later with public pressure. They probably just pocketed that money and presented the station they built earlier.

[@Qaszka7]

I always wanted to visit UAE because of all the buzz around it. I've been there few months ago and... I call it 'glittering void': everything is luxurious, showy, sparkling but in the essence, it's soulless and empty... I'm glad that it's not only my impression.

[@justakettlehelm1673]

when you turn on cheats in cities skyline and start building without actually knowing anything

[@USBCord]

yes

[@ges735]

I was born in Dubai and honestly I was really confused as to why my parents moved to New Zealand when I was 10. There were no taxes to pay and the idea of moving from a mega city to a cosy suburb was a perplexing move. But growing up and hearing awful stories from my parents when working under a state-owned construction company made me think otherwise. My parents were smart enough to get the fuck outta there

[@ges735]

@@mustafaaljasmi4058 Just saying, its not just me. A lot of my parents colleagues have also left due to similar reasons

[@soldieridk4356]

Why did they leave? What were the stories if you don’t mind me asking

[@ges735]

​@@soldieridk4356 Well my family already have relatives here. They also heard it was a good place to settle down without having the pressures of the rough work environment. A friend of theirs lost their job not being able to meet a deadline for the plan of a small landscape mound, removing his work visa. One story that comes to mind

[@shrimpbro1]

I was born in New Zealand, and I can see why they chose to go there amazing country, though I haven’t had the chance to visit again

[@n0wsinn]

im from nz and have a lot of friends whose parents moved to here for better living. your story sounds true

[@EspyMelly]

It's funny I often hear that some recently-made wealthy individual announces they're moving to Dubai, and it's almost a 90% chance that a couple months later they're in trouble with international law for massive fraud and other crimes.

[@MrG_11]

Dubai and London are notorious safe havens for financial criminals. I'm from India and lots of people run away to these places when the game is about to be up

[@Karu171717]

Dude really telling made up stories just to prove a point 😂😂

[@Fldldk]

@@Karu171717nd you’re trying to defend dubai lmfao. It’s an absolute joke of a city

[@Karu171717]

@@Fldldk Only broke or islamophobic people say that, lmao.. For you, I very much can tell it's both 🤣🤣

[@willmaud2359]

@@dquatrouno6095 "put the blinders on. stop questioning things. look away"

[@avasta.]

100% accurate. I grew up there and yet i couldn't help but always be disappointed at how fake and pretentious it was. The weather was unbearably hot, and the culture....what culture?! Oh and did i mention the extremely restrictive laws on anyone who wasn't Muslim?? (not that they weren't restricted but they had it a lot better!) Take some of the worst qualities of human beings, add a lot of money and oversized buildings and there you have Dubai!

[@David-yh2hz]

Hi, I shall say I love your videos :) but there's a tiny error at 5:06 when you said : "They can't use it because the grains [of the desert's sand] are too big." In fact this is the contrary, the grains of sand from the desert are too small and smooth and construction companies need big grains with bumps to make concrete. I hope you'll keep doing videos like this one :)

[@ArkayeCh]

"You had all that money and you just rebuilt the worst parts of America?" "Yes."

[@h00db01i]

that's what money alone does. you also need a plan, which is communism. maybe now you will respect hobos

[@NoVisionGuy]

@der Führer communism is basically oligarchy in clusters, I hope that makes sense lmao

[@benjmiester]

@der Führer Makes no sense, but it sounds nice

[@fifervonpiper6707]

@@NoVisionGuy communism is just a handful of politicians making sure everybody else doesn't get richer than them. capitalism but only for the head of government.

[@retorik7246]

And just like America, killing poor defenceless people from the air with advanced weapons, and still lose the war THEY STARTED.

[@ToastyFresh1]

Dubai isn’t a joke because jokes are funny. It’s just a cruel and disappointing waste.

[@cetus4449]

well said!

[@lukky6648]

Worst part is how they potray it as the Future City and the big thing that you NEED to visit atleast once in your life. The Bait is hard to see through

[@zafwan1]

Really amusing that ppl who don’t live in dubai trash talk about the place when the qualify of life here is extremely high and racism almost is non existent , y’all just jealous that u can’t afford to visit this place

[@ToastyFresh1]

Yeah ig quality of life is extremely high in Dubai! Even though there are thousands of people in poverty getting paid a fraction of a fraction for the labour they are doing, living closely clumped together with hundreds of people in work camps hoping they don’t starve, it seems you did not even watch the video.

[@MastaGambit]

@@zafwan1 spotted the ignorant rich kid with no concept of the outside world

[@fastdak25]

his last point about "slavery" is absolutely true. I used quotation marks as its not slavery in the sense people think of. I lived in Bahrain for a year and they have the same practice there with foreign workers, from the same 3 countries. Saw it first hand, hordes of them bused in everyday in their blue jumpsuits and reflective vests. Learn first hand from locals how the scheme worked.

[@josephschultz3301]

_"It's this strange mixture of Futurama and Evil Los Angeles."_ What a perfect way to describe Dubai xD Kudos, Adam. You hit the nail on the head hard enough to break the hammer itself.

[@TheVirtualObserver]

One thing Adam didn't even mention is how the entire city is one massive surveillance state. Everything and everyone everywhere is watched 24/7.

[@GenericUrbanism]

There is so much wrong with Dubai that it would take an hour to cover.

[@thedoctor7158]

@@GenericUrbanism Only an hour?

[@GenericUrbanism]

@@thedoctor7158 oops, I mean many many hours.

[@happylilac29]

@@GenericUrbanism Complete rubbish, living in Dubai I love it and I know they are some not very amazing things about Dubai but mostly it’s wonderful, they just want to keep there citizens safe from danger that’s why it’s one of the safest places on earth

[@shanexm3062]

@@happylilac29 At the expense of the planet, marine ecosystems and Indian subcontinent slave workers.

[@qin2500]

Dubai feel like what happens when your playing a City Sim and you just throw all the expensive shit randomly in one place.

[@ressljs]

After I visited Doha (kind of like Dubai, but in Qatar), I described it as being like if Disney built a fake city for people who've never seen one before. Kind of like the castle in the Magic Kingdom, it's only cool if you've never seen a real one.

[@jout738]

Yes six year old simcity dream city. Just build bunch of high skycrapers and big motoways middl of dessert, because they look epic, while not making proper city for the everyday pedestrian and that 6 year old does not care about the slave labor needed to build that kind of city.

[@axelfirekirby]

And then also didnt try to actully make your city a utopia via unlimited funds

[@kakahass8845]

Dubai is literally CallMeKevin's city "Profit over people" but in real life.

[@kakahass8845]

@Hajos Armandio-Liviu This is psychotic and I'm saying this as someone who believes in God.

[@Solaris-mp3eq]

I used to roll my eyes every time someone said to me "Oh I'd love to go to Dubai." Some of this I knew some I didn't, giving me more justification to hate this festering shithole in the desert. Thanks for such a great video on the topic. Hopefully one day everyone will know the truth

[@myvideoguy]

"tasteless parody of everything wrong with modern humanity" SO TRUE - but I see this as the norm in every day life these days!

[@dangerouslytalented]

using a traditional (ish) design for Dubai's architecture would have been more suitable for the hot Dubai climate. The local architecture uses passive cooling.

[@abaan8911]

Yes I agree its also more cultural

[@anamore]

Can you elaborate on this a bit? I don't know a lot about architecture, but this sounds interesting.

[@dangerouslytalented]

@@anamore basically, it uses air flow, pools of water, shade and other ways to cool the buildings down and keep them cool

[@wavyy]

@@anamore Traditional arabic cities have small alleys. Clay buildings were placed really close to each other so that shade is provided for the people who walk through the city. And all kinds of different craftsmen and vendors would have their shops in those alleys. Often they incorporated round arches into those alleys to provide further shade. You can still see this in traditional souks/bazaars all around the arabic world. You really notice the difference in temperature when you walk from a big square into those alleys. Dubai could've built ontop of that principle. They could've mixed that building style with modern building techniques to create walkable cities that fit to the local climate.

[@ristekostadinov2820]

@@wavyy in the middle east they also use marble on the walls to keep it cool

[@ShortHax]

Dubai just feels like a Sim City game with infinite cash. RIP comment

[@doom1894]

😔😔 a moment of silence

[@ffaz123]

Residential tax set to 0%, infinite cash cheat indeed 😂

[@MMMMMMMMM2]

Its the type of cities i used to build back in SC4 with Infinite money mod and CAM Plugins.

[@Nabium]

Dubai is what Sim City would be like, if there was a slavery mod pack you could install.

[@v.k.rt.m.6030]

You forgot about Spec Ops: The Line

[@jacinto1477]

If Dubai ever got destroyed, I wouldnt even be mad

[@ZRcinema-buff]

why? Can you elaborate?

[@dirgeface]

@@ZRcinema-buff the video

[@jacinto1477]

@@ZRcinema-buff because it's an horrible place born out of greed of the rich masses and it aint even environmental friendly.basically what the video said

[@realABN]

Y’all have been praying on it’s downfall since 2009 Global financial crisis and it still stands unfazed LMFAOOOOOOO

[@daveroy9683]

@@realABN y'all? Bro dubai is the world's oil capital, praying on it's downfall since 2009 wouldn't be necessary because just having the average amount of brain cells would let you know that it wouldn't affect them that much, same goes for Singapore.

[@alexneckoyami]

I visited dubai with my family years ago before i learned about what was going on there. When talking to our bus driver he talked about how he had lived there like 30 years, his kids were born there, and none of them would be or could ever be citizens. he was still legally from pakistan i believe. it just felt so profoundly depressing. he tried to keep it light, but we all wanted to hear him and his life and his opinions on it. and he was probably objectively doing well compared to lots of workers but there was also something deeply dystopian when he said if he lost his job and didn't get another one right away his whole family would have to leave to a place they'd never been. the things i appreciated most about that trip were actually getting driven out of dubai to visit cultural centers. the tower was neat from my perspective as a teenager, I liked going high up, but the experience was sort of like visiting a combination mall and tourist trap. like 'if we're here i want to see it' but not something that needed to exist. I'm not convinced my brain could tell the height difference between that and any American skyscraper, tall is tall past a point.

[@denisalungu9124]

As a former Dubai “expat”, I couldn’t agree more with everything that you’ve mentioned. I lived close to Dubai airport because I worked for Emirates airline and from my place to Burj Kalifa, there were around 25 km. The distances are huge and if you do not own a car, it’s almost impossible to go anywhere without spending crazy amounts on taxi/uber. The infrastructure is entirely developed for cars, which on the long run it’s only damaging the enviroment. There is a metro, but it’s only a straight line that doesn’t cover all areas...the buses are taking way too long and they have wierd routes...I never understood why they build such a huge city with so many “dead” areas where you have to drive for so long...just to get on a random building in the midle of the desert ... Regarding the workers whose blood Dubai was built on, that is unfortunately also true. I remember going out in the summer where the temperature can even be 55°C and instantly feeling like fainting..my whole body was sweating in 5 seconds and I would feel like I’m suffocating because of the humidy and the heavy air...but at the same time I would see so many people working on consturctions, they were up on those huge buildings in the middle of that unbearable heat working continuously...even in the middle of the pandemic..they were still there...it’s a sad reality...a fake city with fake everything built by the poor so random people can flex on their gucci bags and luxury cars...

[@josephk87171]

There’s a law that you can’t work outside when it’s 50 degrees or above. Of course that just means that the “official” temperature says 49. Also just as there’s a law against withholding someone’s passport. It all comes down to “wasta”, if you have connections or power, the rules don’t apply to you.

[@andrijavasiljevic]

@@josephk87171 UAE has some of the best employee rights on paper, but almost none of them are enforced. You still have many people whose passports are being withheld from them, and many people who have to work in above 50 heat.

[@r0land4323501]

So basically its the modern pyramid built by modern slaves and ran by modern kings. Its basically repeating all over again.

[@zachzanal1067]

things built out of the blood of people have proved again and again to be erased in history Babylon,Assyria,Egypt,mughals ,Spaniards,British and now it is turn for Gulf states and USA

[@marekmarecki2464]

dubai is great place for nuclear warheads

[@salamandersounds]

As someone who spent my childhood in the UAE, I agree. It’s a vapid place smothered with the appearance of luxury while brushing aside the borderline slavery and poverty they exploited, and still exploit, to maintain their “perfect” and “ideal” image. I wouldn’t even feel completely comfortable typing something like this if I hadn’t already moved to the US, they have no such thing a freedom of speech and I was already at risk and advised against criticisms I made about the country while I was in high school.

[@huda..]

you were advised against it? so far we didn't, and hope we don't get it either. but we were lectured on unconsented photos and videos, and we were also told that ''tagging'' your friend without their permission could land you in jail. oh, and not to mention the minimum age of prosecution being 8 years old. funny.

[@mdreza3471]

This sounds like how the arabs used to behave pre-islamic period with slaves and exploiting people. These people have reverted almost entirely to unislamic beliefs and values.

[@studentchirag90]

Since you are a Muslim, I would suggest you to share your knowledge with Kerala in India where all the muslim population only aspire to go and work in Dubai. They may take you more seriously since you are one of them (religion matters more than country)

[@salamandersounds]

@huge asian man x tiny white girl Saudi Arabia is definitely worse but you could argue the UAE is worse in a unique way because there’s still so much bad being covered up and silenced for the sake of their “clean” tourist-attracting image

[@salamandersounds]

@@studentchirag90 my dad was Muslim but I don’t follow Islam, he’s not been in my life since I was a small child. Of course that wouldn’t stop me from using it to help or inform people lol

[@christhompson1219]

Hello Adam, really appreciate your commentary on these bizarre engineering projects. Mentioning topics such as car dependency/ sewerage systems/ ordinary and unrepresented people is highly commendable and the sarcasm appreciated. Keep up the good work🤩

[@Cirathos]

What looks clean on the surface is very dirty underneath. I was there, and my experience was not of a tourist nature. Do not go. Ever.

[@eshelly4205]

When I was in the Marines a friend of mine was offered a job as security in Dubai. He made $250,000 a year. But he said a prison lined in gold is still a prison. Also if you ran afoul of anyone important you can count on having your life turned upside down. He said a former German special forces guy that worked with him was set up with booze and women and then was arrested the next day. His crime was talking to the wrong woman

[@xpresstv7689]

Security $250,000? do you know what you talking about?

[@eshelly4205]

@@xpresstv7689 yes he was hired as head of security for this person and his family…his salary was 250k a year.

[@xpresstv7689]

I live in dubai.... and I can guarantee even the super rich Royal or big families will not pay that to a head of security.

[@jout738]

Was that some oil sheiks person woman, so he made a crime. Dubai is not place you want to go for work, so rather as european stay away from Dubai, when evil dictators can do you stuff like that german guy was done.

[@MMABeijing]

well then dont fuck the wrong women

[@jaimepujol5507]

I will not get tired of the equation "smooth-brained dictator + construction = dumb shit"

[@lizziecastricum4382]

Same! And luckily there's a near infinite supply.

[@SM-oc4rc]

Very versatile too. I use this at work : Smooth-brained client + Complex problem = Dumb demands

[@hzdvb]

Works like a charm too. Just take a look at "the line" of Saudi-Arabias NEOM project. The newest and worst of dictatorial city design.

[@liberatetutemeexinferis5902]

" Shit " being the magic word here. Literally.

[@DialecticRed]

@@SM-oc4rc On a technocratic note, I take issue with simply casting any people aside as "smooth-brains," be they dictators or those with ineptitudes concerning computers. Although I understand this anecdote to be humorous in nature, I'd advise against using this kind of rhetoric generally, as this is the standpoint that right-wingers and fascists rally behind. No one is born a dictator, or born incapable of meaningful interaction with computers. These are things that are brought about by society and the conditions around the environment of those people. So we shold probably avoid slandering those who frustrate us as "smooth-brained," because in my humble opinion it doesn't quite send the right message. That being said, I am pretty much certain you know this already, but nonetheless I felt the need to pitch in.

[@joey8033]

Very few people have the mind to make videos like this, thank you sir!

[@zoperxplex]

Dubai is an underdeveloped country that became wealthy not through the sweat of its brow or the intellectual capital of its people but rather because it is fortunate enough to sit atop a rich deposit of petroleum and natural gas. As a result it suffers from the ugliest brand of unbridled capitalism and the iniquity characteristic of the nouveau riche to squander their wealth in vanity projects.

[@wasdqe17]

As a Romanian, i busted out laughing to find out there is somewhere out there dumber than us 🤣

[@jb-xc4oh]

Closer to home, we don't tell Polish jokes for no reason....!!!!

[@riturajput2462]

They call all cities dumb. Chinas shanghai, tokyo, taepei. Exceot their own . Las vegas is cultural city for them. Thats their culture. Gambling Prostitution

[@heralnd]

Romanian people are not dumb sir, don't be quick to put a stamp on. On a different note , the politicians are a whole other story.....

[@DogaruG]

Poate si tu esti daca te desconsideri!

[@BCA-up2ez]

Oh I know origin of your suffer

[@tudorDaDefender]

As a Romanian citizen i laughed my a$$ off when you started talking about Romania outta nowhere lmfaoooo

[@ilyas_elouchihi]

I like Romania ngl

[@paradox5556]

@@ilyas_elouchihi why would anyone like romania lol

[@adrian-victor2727]

@@paradox5556 Most of the people(younger side) are open minded and know how to have fun. Also there are very beautiful sights as everywhere else. There are many nice things about Romania, and oh...oh damn...the food...

[@LegioCorvus.]

@@paradox5556 because it’s beautiful

[@franky1650]

I'm curious about that train station - is there any reason why its platforms haven't been expanded?

[@sexappexl]

"Smooth brain dictators + construction = dumbshit" was a sentence I didn't know i needed to hear 😂

[@mikeymartyr]

My freshman world history teacher showed us the original version of this video and I loved it, it became one of my favorite videos and looking back as a college sophomore, it was really the launching point of me learning more about urbanization and becoming very anti-car centric cities/anti-suburb/anti-whatever the fuck you can call what places like Dubai and any city in the US that has a stroad are doing. It feels wrong to call it urbanization because I like urbanization when it's done correctly, but like you said, Dubai is taking every worst practice and slamming them all together, it's crazy. I really like the part about the modern day slavery that takes place, the only other thing I've seen recently that talks about that issue is John Oliver's episodes about it that came out around the time of the world cup. I'm glad you reuploaded this and I'm glad it popped up on my recommended so I could watch it again :]

[@slesperado]

I lived in UAE for 14 months. I then went back years later for a 7-day vacation. The problem with UAE is that it killed its culture for the sake of tourism. What I mean is that if you go there, you won't really feel anything. It lacks soul. When I visited Turkey and Serbia, I actually felt something. I experienced their actual cultures, and it was great. It's true that the UAE if full of a bunch of nice hotels, houses, and apartments. The problem is that the demand is low due to an overage of supply. The UAE built far more than what was ever needed. The good thing about it is that you can rent or purchase a place over there for less than a similar place in the United States. Another problem with UAE is RACISM! I am a black American man. I experienced so much racism there, that it's not even funny. The people from the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Burma (Myanmar), and other countries like that had it worse. It's true that their passports were confiscated. They would then be forced to work like slaves and live like they were cattle. A lot of them are even given curfews. The people from those countries would beg me on a daily basis to help them escape the UAE. Another problem it that the crime rate is artificially deflated. Overall, the crime rate in that country is low, but it's not as low at they portray it to be. For example, when I visited Dubai back in 2018, someone stole my suitcase from the airport. When I tried to open up an investigation with Dnata, I was told that my suitcase never actually reached the country and that it was still in Canada. I spent an entire week in Dubai without any of my property. When I finally flew back to Canada, the worker at the airport actually provided evidence that my suitcase did in fact reach Dubai the same time I did. That means that Dnata lied about everything. Since Dnata didn't consider my case as a theft, that means that it did not factor into their crime. There are other problems there that I won't even get into. I'd much rather go back to Turkey or Serbia than visit the UAE again.

[@porassaini2066]

I never understood how they had slaves in 21st century, now I do!

[@Bacnow]

You stated that “I experienced so much racism there” but gave no examples. Can you enlighten us on the day-to-day racism that you encountered as a tourist? I feel that this kind of stuff should be exposed! Your personal perspective would provide potential tourists with a better understanding of what they may be facing!

[@ApricityVal]

As a Pakistani, I have to make sure to tell you that we aren't being worked as slaves there, but people go there for jobs, like a nani and no they aren't scamming us. The same thing goes for Qatar but people think we are being used as slaves. Being a migrant worker in the UAE isn't as bad as people say it is, but I just thought that I should share this with you.

[@ApricityVal]

@@porassaini2066 they dont.. its just what we get as jobs there

[@slesperado]

@@Bacnow I did not experience racism while I was there on my 7-day vacation, nor did I experience "day-to-day racism". I actually lived in UAE and experienced racism while I was living there. I'm am not obligated to give examples, as they would serve no purpose to people planning on living or visiting there.

[@Israphel776]

You had my support at "burying sea coral". Destroying the environment for a tourist attraction is fucking ridiculous.

[@lep3984]

And those corals could be another source of tourism if they had diving spots for the corals or freediving

[@Tzshchsjsjxijyo]

the even worse part is that the islands are sinking so basically they did all that for nothing

[@chelizard2516]

Exactly, fuck Dubai!

[@thrillereighties8241]

​@@Tzshchsjsjxijyo Nope, they sold them. The developer made his money and is long gone. Those who bought into it need to start rebuilding their houses on pillars. Then again, it is people likely the Beckhams who buy that kind of property. They will just write it off as a minor loss. There are people who have cash to burn.

[@Tzshchsjsjxijyo]

@@thrillereighties8241 b e r u h

[@youxkio]

Well done. History never talks about the real heroes who gave their lives for the leader who was not always present.

[@toxicstatesofamerica1277]

I had no idea Dubai felched. I'm taking it off my bucket list.

[@africantraveler7004]

For me Dubai has always felt like the ruling billionaires after travelling the world just replicated all their personal favourite things from all over the world in a bigger, glitzier, shinier format. See a nice skyscraper in NYC or Singapore ? Build a bigger, taller , shinier version. Enjoyed that Alps ski resort? Build a huge indoor one in the desert. Loved Miami or Malibu? Build loads of fancy glass & steel beachfront hotels with infinity pools. Love London restaurants ? Just open identikit versions of all your favourite ones. Everything in Dubai seems to be based on something in some western metropolis, resort or pacific beach paradise - Nothing really feels organic. No real original thought or true imagination .

[@trik1asdg]

nothing is organic because its a 50 year old country, what do you expect?

[@rajbhattacharya4427]

@@trik1asdg Dubai didn't just magically start existing 50 years ago, though. The place has culture and thousands of years of history. You just wouldn't know based on how they choose to operate the place.

[@rorke6092]

@@rajbhattacharya4427 weird, why isn't gay marriage legal then? I think not having gay marriage and believing lesbians don't exist is a clear reflection of their 1300+ year old history as a muslim region, don't you?

[@rorke6092]

For me south side Chicago has always felt like the lower classes after living in the US just replicated all their personal favourite things from all over the world in a shitter, poorer, more criminal format. See a nice suburb in Maryland? Build a cheaper, more decrepit version. Enjoyed the marijuana in LA? Build a huge underground drug economy based on criminal gangs like the Black Disciples. Loved the barbeque and blues music of the south? Just open identical jazz bars and soul food restaurants. Everything in Chicago seems to be based on something in some American plantation, ghetto, or city - Nothing really feels organic. No real original thought or true imagination.

[@GenericUrbanism]

@@rorke6092 what does Chicago have to do with Dubai?

[@GridnetGaming]

"There is no such thing as a perfect city, there is always something rotten hidden underneath." -Confucius

[@user-rn1sx6kl2r]

Why Adam Something is Wrong About Dubai: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4G2fZ-MepydjMk

[@adullboy3108]

Actually It was sun tzu who said that.

[@xcept7355]

Or simply upwards

[@ernest3286]

Usually it's just sewage, but they keep that above ground here

[@tyronevaldez-kruger5313]

@@user-rn1sx6kl2r Appreciate the link but I don't even have to watch it to understand that Adam shares utter nonsense. Totally smug

[@kauffrau6764]

Thank you for this detailed information. I am stunned that the "civilized world" does not stop this use of slave labor.

[@MoreMeRecording]

GREAT VIDEO! I had heard about some of this stuff but had NO idea! My mom - RIP - was an Urban Geography expert who lectured and your grasp about the crucial need for solid public transpo alone is impressive!

[@user-xk8wh3dr1r]

It’s like an IQ test for me when someone says that they love Dubai - I immediately know that we can’t be friends

[@TakoGoksadze]

exactly, if a person lived and worked there and still likes it, most probably they're shallow.

[@miovicdina7706]

Great filter, actually, to filter out good quality vs low quality people.

[@gulliegulliver4546]

I met a couple that I took an instant dislike to. When the guy said he was a security consultant in Dubai I thought, yes, that explains everything about you.

[@bloomy27]

Fr

[@wellardme]

We'll be mates then. I got back from Dubai after my first trip there a week ago. Soulless lifeless superficial place. My wife asked me if i could ever live there. I said: I'd prefer living in an igloo in -60.

[@connorlowis4774]

damn yea never thought of how uninspired the city of dubai is. An ancient arabic city with giant white/tan stone houses building and bridges would've been incredibly unique and would've had people in awe, truly admiring arabic culture and architecture. But nah, instead you get bejing/shanghai pt 2 with american suburbs and shopping centers.

[@MegaCityOne]

Yea, maybe giant pyramids made of stone, or like some Lord of the Rings looking temples.

[@rishyfishy8799]

Yeah but that wouldn’t attract as much tourism $$. People like these stupid ‘futuristic’ stuff. People don’t care about history. This includes both rich people and the vast majority of people who visit dubai

[@teardataco8913]

Well this is impossible because technically the arab culture isn't rich, islam stopped some norms in the arab culture like burying babies alive if they're a girl. but the arabs continue till this day to have cultural norms such as discrimination against the lgbtq people and the allowance of child marriage. This plus the fact that the architecture of the mosque and more islamic buildings didn't come from the arabs, it came from the ottoman empire.. an arabic mosque before the ottomans was basically a church without a cross or a mosaic or pictures. add to that the fact that the 2 largest arab caliphates the Umayyads and the Abbasids were notably racist empires (the Umayyads were officially racist towards non arabs and the Abbasids were unofficially racist to non arabs due to corruption), I am a central Asian Muslim that has visited and experienced middle eastern culture and politics and frankly they're the worst. If you want to visit a real beautiful Muslim country visit Kazakhstan or uzbekistan or Brunei or Malaysia or Indonesia.

[@connorlowis4774]

@@MegaCityOne seriously could've been amazing. World of the rings universe seems to have some of the most beautiful landscape/architcture too, would love to see a real world version of rivendell or the woodland elves forrest, or even a full sized recreation of the shire!

[@connorlowis4774]

@@teardataco8913 always wanted to go to kazakhstan

[@minkworks6143]

Such a great video. Your tone is perfect. Intellectual and objective... but not afraid to drop an F bomb for emphasis on absurdity. Love it!

[@bobbowie9350]

Modern Dubai looks like "my first drawing" The buildings look so cartoony and silly just all lined up like that.

[@owensleicher9784]

Sounds like an excuse to watch again

[@DyslexicMitochondria]

Haha ikr

[@user-vp8qq3ev7m]

@@DyslexicMitochondria its you

[@why_tho_]

@@DyslexicMitochondria I love your work.

[@boyvidi9041]

TRU

[@josephjoestar995]

Yep!

[@jacobwood7083]

You forgot how the palm islands also have no sewage system so it just collects in the middle of the waters there!

[@asneakychicken322]

I'm sensing a theme here.

[@massimilianodevito4168]

Where you Toke this news? 😂😂. No sewage.. 😂😂.

[@shadowycaptain]

@@asneakychicken322 shit fetish

[@topkek996]

Uh oh, stinky

[@fyre.]

@@sayounsang went there recently it didnt rlly smell did really feel the fake city would still recommend going just 2 see it be it goes

[@ulhasanzk2249]

thank you for making this vid. so many don't know this everybody talks so good about the country and the people.

[@yegetanheerigeno6916]

Thank you for educating me and showing me how blind i was. This goes to show media covers up alot of truth and glorifies "beauty" without recognizing suffering.

[@TheSilverwing999]

I once travelled to dubai with my mum and stayed for some days. The sole impression I got of it was, emptiness. Just no soul to find anywhere. The only people walking the streets were tourists and it was like no citizens who actually lived there could be found anywhere. I can only surmise that they don't let the people live close to the tourist areas and hide them away somewhere. It was an absolutely soulless experience. No life in the streets

[@alecbaldwin8021]

Sounds like the land of allah to me. It’s the same in any izzlamick country

[@LadyVoldemort]

@@alecbaldwin8021 Don't generalize everything. Dubai is the opposite of Islamism, it's a fake heaven on earth.

[@LuNaSinger7]

A little dramatic statement 😅 How do you identify a resident on the street? I am one and I live in a very touristic area.

[@snowman5377]

to be honest in every arab country you will never find someone walking in the streets ( not even tourists) i guess it because the hot weather

[@Fibonacci.04]

Looks like you've only been to the tourist areas. Dubai is more than just Downtown and Jumeirah.

[@elishamale4130]

I lived in Abu Dhabi for 16 years and I can confirm literally all of this, especially the modern slavery aspect. Referred to as labour camps but absolutely just Slums on the outskirts. It's so twisted and broken. Countries with that much money should not have people li

[@elishamale4130]

Living like that under any circumstances.

[@mortuus4601]

Nobody is forcing them is always a choice in life

[@emalyndaniell7964]

@@mortuus4601 they took the workers passports.. where are they supposed to go?

[@mervin06]

@@emalyndaniell7964 They couldn't go anywhere, it's same in Qatar like building a stadium for Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022 on what they were doing to Nepalese people and they couldn't go back to their homeland, I don't really recommend for Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, and Nepalis to move to Middle East that has slavery taking place.

[@rim2955]

@@mortuus4601 Ben shapiro on his fake account

[@yannispetridis5741]

My dad went some time ago and said that it was the most fake city he's ever seen. And workers were outside at 40°c+

[@theodizeeproblem]

I cant remember the last time i watched something so informative yet funny. Thank you for your work :)

[@thekeyboardslammer4413]

About building the palm islands in the land instead of destroying a coral reef, Kuwait actually did this and it really is just as impressive as the one in Dubai.

[@feynstein1004]

For real? I wasn't aware of that. Sounds interesting

[@muneeraalhussain7900]

omg im from kuwait and i didn’t know

[@ethan.desouza]

@@muneeraalhussain7900 lol Kheiran.

[@cosmiceyness]

kuwait grips

[@nocturnaljoe9543]

@Clowds If it is build on land. You can just build a dam and you will be fine.

[@greygrey7096]

Fun fact about the palm islands: they stink to high hell because there is no water circulation at all. So much so that people find it unbearable to stay there for extended periods of time

[@randomname7321]

Big willy 😉

[@ArcNine9Angel]

Fitting

[@soulure]

Sounds like Vegas at times

[@polarfroge]

@@soulure Sounds like my GF. Most of the time. 🥴

[@soulure]

@@polarfroge lmao don't settle

[@mateocoffey-loring7659]

Amazing video thank you for putting in this work and sharing for us! Even reposting with edits. Amazing. What an eye opener

[@6Eev]

Dubai is like a liminal space of flashy buildings, like if an AI tried to make a city as impressive as possible, but it doesnt even function properly.

[@abu_alii]

You clearly haven't been to Dubai if you say it doesn't function properly

[@TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs]

Shame the orginal got taken down it had over a million views

[@GravityTrash]

It had like 8 million actually

[@veljkomicic]

@@GravityTrash 9,8

[@Sporax]

not taken down i suppose but man wasn't making money cus copyright, hope this gets some views

[@uzidayo]

Rip

[@mrnubnub4584]

This will really hurt his channel

[@TheSuperappelflap]

Hey, those artificial islands were a fantastic ideas. Several Dutch engineering firms made billions of euros on those projects. And now Dubai will have to continue paying billions a year to keep those islands afloat. Great success!

[@jordinagel1184]

“Wat een domkop!” - Dutchman, probably, after realizing how stupid the guys paying for the contract were

[@murphy7801]

Ok but what's the environmental cost

[@mrchocolatebean8878]

@@murphy7801 the person was being sarcastic

[@MenacingWithVideos]

@@murphy7801 Nothing a good PR firm can't sweep under the rug. Check out these sexy instagram models posing on the fake beach.

[@MakisFour1]

In Russia, we have an anecdote: A young lawyer resorts to his father, an old lawyer, and joyfully says: - Father! I won the case that you've been leading for 20 years! His father answers him: - You're a fool, son! Thanks to this case, I have been feeding you for 20 years...

[@cyclemoto8744]

I never undrstood Dubai's concept to recreate itself and your video has reinforced that thought albeit you have added more fuel to the fire. Thank you for your time. Cheers from OZ. ps: I love the concept which you put forward for what Dubai could have been

[@jutajazz]

I'd like to see another video like this, even though it took a dark turn, but that's me. This type of info is important to be heard *shrug* and you did a good job making the beginning a good entry, the jokes were the thing that got me to laugh enough, preparing me for the real ending you had there

[@iandc7331]

Something you didn’t touch on too much is their environmental impact. The amount of energy that is wasted in creating this luxury city is ridiculous. The malls are set to 18 degrees, there are literal ski slopes in the middle of the desert and golf courses and grass everywhere, which consumes so much water to maintain

[@n1pple.twister917]

I understand everything you mean except the mall part,I think it’s better on 18 degrees tbh cus the malls are always crowded so there’s lots of body temperature

[@elenakosseva5064]

@@n1pple.twister917 yea but it is also unhealthy for people’s health. If the outside temperature is over 30 then a 12 degree difference can make you sick

[@xxvivimcdx1095]

@@AJTheInvisibleGirl Yeah, hate on everything that is not western.

[@qualitybulletz1871]

He did talk about how they destroy marine life by collecting underwater sands

[@kasimshaikh3750]

Lol 😂🤣 Americans have been wasting relentless unchecked amounts of energy in cities like Las Vegas, Miami etc forway longer than Dubai. Middle East infact is the forefront of sustainability some of the most advanced practices in sustainability are followed here. More importantly the population of these cities nowhere compared to Anywhere in the world. So 1st go clear your own garbage before speaking utter bullshit.

[@adijaber4236]

Im a arab who lived in UAE for 13 weeks working as a civil engineer, and i think you are been too kind to them. If you know the s##t i know you would lose your mind. Ps i was deported from Abu Dhabi back to the UK for asking to many questions about health and safety regarding my staff. Was told the are disposable by the project manager. Nothing in this video is a lie.

[@rohinipatil6925]

Now I'm interested. What's more shitty happening over there?

[@greensoaphehe2606]

please may you say what more fucked up shit happened in there?? i need to know dude

[@McProGuyz]

I can confirm this aswell, my dad worked as a construction manager for skyscrapers in Dubai. His company routinely went to india to gather workers wo got minimal wage in dubai. The monthly income was a lot higer for the workers working in dubai than india but still, they live in horibble conditions. Workers ususally work 4-5 years to pay off their employment fees while sending money back to their familys in india. This left them with barely anything for themselves. It is in fact modern slavery.

[@adijaber4236]

One of the other thing is money laundry, and human trafficking, mostly Eastern European women. Its sickening but when i asked questions i was deported.

[@elishh8173]

@Adi Jaber Thank you for sharing this. Eastern European women are treated like slaves by these rich arabs and also sold in Israel by Jews. I hope people stop going to these kinds of oil rich countries and stop supporting them until they give every human in their country human rights!!

[@fenderek666]

That place has no soul. Been there about 6-7 times and enjoyed myself but… it’s like Vegas. A lot of lights, covering emptiness.

[@DokisKalin1]

I can't believe this is the first time I'm hearing about the world's tallest building not being connected to a sewer. That building is going to get a abandoned so fast when the day comes that it cannot be serviced.

[@0-m-1-n-0-u-5]

"The poop trucks." Dignity. Absolute dignity.

[@mmanewz3018]

To further use his comparison, in Romania, “the Poop trucks” are Called “vidanje” which are only used in the romanian villages… So, from this point of view, dubai is on the same level as some eastern european villages..

[@0-m-1-n-0-u-5]

​@@mmanewz3018 Poop trucks aren't necessarily a problem but a necessity of modern waste management. The problem is the number of poop trucks occupying that relatively small area.

[@DanTheMan044]

Poop trucks were a thing like 11 years ago when the building first came up. Idk why does this guy say it in his video like burj khalifa still has a faulty sewage system 🤦‍♂️

[@MakoProfessionalJerk]

@@DanTheMan044 The Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world. Right or wrong, I imagine that's a large part of what makes people mock it and also spread misinformation about it. I wonder if other buildings used poop trucks during their construction.

[@DanTheMan044]

@@MakoProfessionalJerk honestly man

[@Jaronite]

Respect for Adam, calling out harsh reality, not being deterred by "personal friends" of leaders.

[@Sam-nb8ev]

Surrounded as it is by countries ruled by bigots with 7th century mindsets, it's only a matter of time before Dubai is overrun by the barbarians.

[@shehuyakubu3751]

Lmao. Nah its just the insane hypocrisy of the west, westerners and their stooges around the world who glorify them. The unbelievable irony of this guy calling the gulf states a joke, leaving out the biggest joke of the millenia. Those who went out to "spread democracy", who have engaged in 100 military interventions since 1945 resulting in 100's of Millions of deaths, who have wiped out in a mass genocide the indigenous populations of 3 continents and countless regions and countries. Who have made "interventions " that have resulted in coups and regime changes in damn near every nation on earth, the only people to use a nuclear weapon, TWICE! on innocent people. Strangely they never used this weapon on the European nation that was the chief culprit...hmmm. The same people that enslaved and colonized dozens of countries and instituted chattel slavery based on race. The people with an epidemic of mass shootings and killings of kids. The most occultic and satanic people on earth where their elite run pedophile sex slave rings on private islands of billionaires. Who have entrapped the whole world in debt slavery through their "world bank". I mean I could go on and on and on but anyone reading gets the picture. Whatever this clown is accusing dubai/gulf states of its just hilarious but it is typical of the American/European mind. EXCEPTIONALISM. Palestine vs Ukraine. Might is right. The mentality of "i can murder a million people unjustly and then question you on why you slapped someone, even if it is with just cause, because of "natural selection" [oh how they love that word]". We determine what is your reality and you must follow along because of our might, our weapons, our military bases, and our wealth. It is literally the emperor's new clothes in real life. The empire that prances about naked while the whole world lines up clapping 👏 and cheering, gushing about how immaculate and wonderful its clothes are, and scarily most people have become insane by the whole procedure they actually belive the ruse! So sure, while as a black person I hold my breathe everytime a cop car passes in Boston because I could literally be killed for no reason, or no actually we all know the reason, yet I am watching a video of the insanity of these same people pronouncing about how great their "human rights records is" while questioning others. Also as unbelievably corrupt their political, economic, social, and financial systems are, they are accusing others of CORRUPTION!!! LMAO, but gotta hand it to them, their media and Hollywood is the greatest PR system in the world!

[@velerina2017]

He is literally white

[@9a_23_tyrantqiu7]

@@velerina2017 what is wrong with being white????

[@reetikarjalainen4994]

@@velerina2017 he is literally black

[@JOHNNYD.R]

I just freaking hate dubai no cap bro ur video is 100%