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> to bring in international visitors who are reticent to visit or invest in Saudi Arabia because of the way the laws treat women/homosexuals/etc.

... but who are still willing to work there and pay taxes to support this very system.




Yeah, there's definitely a decent set of people who won't go today because of the personal risk but would participate in the Saudi economy if the risk to themselves was removed. I wasn't talking about people with a moral objection though but even among that group there'd be a number willing to participate probably giving a 'show them that this is better and works' justification to themselves.




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