The writer compared them to us.
If you want to say that after 50 years they are only talking about doing other things, when they have no motivation, they import all of their talent, all workers, that they compare to the US, join her.
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They have built 100 square miles of industrial complex. They will build at least a 100 square miles more in the same area.
While the Saudis have spent unbelievable amounts on social welfare, they have built out for depending on far more than crude oil.