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Yes, citizens of those countries becoming poorer because you disagree with the politics of their leaders is good news.

But far more people have a better life because the oil cartel isn't United anymore.

Cheap oil is better for billions of people in India, China, and Africa

That money didn't go to the citizens anyway.

Not as a check. Because of the continuous stream of oil money in KSA, it has been possible to grant subsidies on goods or handouts to people. Even not collecting any VAT on good or if so a rather low VAT. When you are losing a lot of your income as a state, you can't really keep that standard up.

I suggest reading this, it's an older article, but the circumstances are the same: https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-arabian-social-contrac...

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