[lbo-talk] Saudi Arabia: ObL is still winning

[Shane Taylor]

Michael Pollak wrote:
> This is a general problem for Western readers.  Most
> presume that the Saudi government is more religiously
> restrictive than the majority of Saudi Arabians.  But
> historically, the opposite as been the case.  Most
> indigenous criticism of Saudi government has been for
> going too far in the direction of secularism.

Perhaps their belief in the official ideology is what renders them
subversive.  Zizek has claimed this of other situations, and it appears
accurate here. 

-- Shane

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