• leisesprecher
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    4 hours ago

    And we all know that the UAE are the international beacon of safety, worker’s rights, rule of law and cost effectiveness.

    That’s a really bad argument. That’s like saying the Soviet Union was really good at digging canals.

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      4 hours ago

      So existing examples that go against your argument dont count because you dont like the country. OK.

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        3 hours ago

        So countering your argument with counterarguments why your example is flawed isn’t allowed, because you’d need to reconsider?

        Tell me, do you really think the UAE are willing, not capable, willing to invest in safety and lawfulness as much as any even halfway free country?

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          1 hour ago

          Its possible that it was built to a lower standard than would be expected in the west, both in terms of quality and worker safety. Though unless you have specific reports of that I dont see any reason just to assume it because Arabs bad.

          In addition this was largely built by Korean companies who have a successful record of building NPPs at home without incident, I imagine Korea wouldnt be particularly happy if their citizens (especially highly trained and economically productive ones) were being abused to build foreign infrastructure.

          The main point is that NPPs dont have to be stuck in a quagmire, and using Hinkley Point as a stand in for all NPP construction is disingenuous, just as using the UAE as a sole example would be.