What Are the Chances For A Succesful Revolution To Occur In Saudi Arabia

[Rakhmetov]

Professor Chalmers Johnson is predicting a revolution in Saudi Arabia. Any of you share such a prognostication? Such a revolution will turn the American economy into more of a tailspin than it currently is. So much cheap oil flows out of that country that whoever takes power (right or left) will refuse to sell oil to the U.S.A.

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[RadioRaheem84]

Yeah but I doubt it would be anything to our liking either. I hope the working class in Saudi Arabia finds other outlets besides Wahabism.

[gorillafuck]

I'd like to hear more on this since in the USA, the media says nothing at all about Saudi Arabia so I am not aware if there's any political situation worth following there right now.

[4 Leaf Clover]

In Saudi Arabia ? What the fuck ? There are active and agressive revolutionary organizations in Arabia , or how did he get those predictions

[Die Neue Zeit]

This is a very interesting question. Here the Maoist Third Worldism shit is turned upside down, since much of the Saudi population is lumpen-ized and bought out by the Saudi royalty's welfare state and rent extraction. Saudi society as a whole thrives on the rentier exploitation of guest workers.

If there is to be revolution there, it has to come from the guest workers and from the few indigenous Saudi workers. Otherwise, some other imperialist power would have to boot out the US and proletarianize the vast lumpen population.

[Robocommie]

What motivation do the Saudi princes have to sell their oil so cheaply to the US? Military aid?

[MellowViper]

I really hope its left wing, like in Venezuela.

[RadioRaheem84]

I really hope its left wing, like in Venezuela.

I highly doubt it.

[freepalestine]

Yeah but I doubt it would be anything to our liking either. I hope the working class in Saudi Arabia finds other outlets besides Wahabism.
the east of saudi is largely shia
.as for a revolution in saudiarabia ?i'd say it would be the last place for a revolution.maybe a civil war or whatever
furthermore it's an example of a religious fundamentalist society,the people (most)are fking brainwashed

[Die Neue Zeit]

I highly doubt it.

Venezuela isn't a rentier state. The Saudi culture doesn't promote under-the-table work. It's guest work, public administration, or sitting at home and reading Islamic scriptures (also to become an Islamic religious figure).