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Am I wrong?! 15,000 workers have died?

How is a number like that acceptable?

What if the event was Roman and I replaced workers with gladiators? Would the entertainment be more obviously a weight of blood?

This type of wealth is a form of modern war. Albeit, the other side which follows successful, or non successful war. This is mostly paid for with oil profits.

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15,000 construction workers working on the World Cup have not died.

15,021 non-Qataris have died. The number includes any expatriate in Qatar - teachers, managers, fast food servers, VPs - everyone. Even among construction workers, the vast majority are working on projects that have nothing to do with the World Cup. For context, something like 80% of the 2.6m people in Qatar are expatriates, and these deaths occurred over a 9 year period. You can do the math.

Thank you for clarifying.

Please read the Amnesty International report. This subject is way too big and too complex to trust anyone but actual experts.

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