SayJess

I see your point. I still doubt that Dubai chocolate has given Dubai a positive image on the world stage.

The coverage of their use of slaves to build the stadiums for the World Cup was pretty wide, and yet very few boycotted the games or FIFA for paying the slavers.

Though I suppose that may prove your point. I just don’t see how something that most people don’t even know about is some propaganda campaign.

Does it really though? This sounds a lot like when people assign meaning to things that are simply as they appear. 9/10 people in the US don’t care about Dubai to begin with, let alone the slavery and other human rights abuses. They may have seen the vapid influencers that show off penthouse suites at staggering heights, or the $10k+ plane tickets, and go “alrighty then, anyways”.

The top “you buy, we fry” chicken spot sells their own house made Dubai chocolate. Fucking fire.

But also, fuck Dubai. Not sure how this food is propaganda. Just don’t give money that supports the regime?

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