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Well, their views on gender equality and religious freedom on average tend to be very different from the vast majority of those in the West. So yes, they might well be worse.

Mohammed bin Salman is allegedly a lot more moderate than the past leaders.

The policy on gender and religious freedom is only the tip of the iceberg.

Freedom as a concept seems to be under direct attack in their Kingdom considering the Crown Prince is rounding up political enemies en masse with complete impunity.

Maybe on certain domestic policies (though I think it's a stretch), but Saudi Arabia is in the dark ages, so it's not hard to be considered moderate there. He has been consolidating power with these "corruption" arrests. He is also destabilizing the region into chaos with an aggressive war against Yemen, a blockade of Qatar [1], and the forced resignation of Hariri [2].

1: https://www.vox.com/world/2017/11/6/16613088/saudi-arabia-pr...

2: http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/lebanon-prime-minister-s...

Did you read the title? It states which country we're talking about.

Yes.

Yes. Far worse.