«Flitting between the kind of imagery that evokes a dystopian Death Star evil empire, the apartheid architecture of [...] Neom carries a dizzying dash of techno-optimism.
Despite claiming to be a solution to environmental crises, it assumes the endless free energy of the Saudi oil glut and disregards the consequences.»
Saudi Arabia’s Neom is dystopia portrayed as Utopia
https://www.ft.com/content/04fcb9d4-5907-45b0-9388-f84b34bc4bea
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