This might be a very interesting piece of information for any youth in Dubai to keep in mind.
The United Arab Emirates has only been a recognized 'Country' since, 2 December 1971, which is 47 years ago..
And 'oil' was only found in Dubai in the year 1966. The major turning point in the history and fortunes of Dubai was the discovery of oil in 1966.
Which was 52 years ago.
So all the wealth that Dubai and the UAE is seeing and enjoying is relatively 'new' in comparisons to anything prior 1966.
I would highly oppose letting the new 'monies' to get to the 'head', if you know what i mean.. Monies have a tendency of turning the 'humble' into the 'haughty' in a very short amount of time.
Can't there be at least 1 Country which would keep to their 'humility' rather than purchasing 'haughtiness' for themselves and Country?
Poverty does NOT equate to Humility nor does Humility equate to Poverty.
Equating humility to poverty and poverty to humility is and are wrong assumptions.
affluenza
af·flu·en·za
Definition of affluenza
: the unhealthy and unwelcome psychological and social effects of affluence regarded especially as a widespread societal problem: such as
a : feelings of guilt, lack of motivation, and social isolation experienced by wealthy people
Even so, psychologists are slowly recognizing that great riches are sometimes accompanied by a wealth of crippling emotional and psychological fears. Affluenza can be acute, striking lottery winners or newly minted doctors and M.B.A.s. It can also be a chronic and pervasive condition in families where riches extend through generations.
— Anastasia Toufexis et al.
b : extreme materialism and consumerism associated with the pursuit of wealth and success and resulting in a life of chronic dissatisfaction, debt, overwork, stress, and impaired relationships
Affluenza is particularly rampant in the United States, where we place a high priority on financial success and material possessions.
— David Hawkins
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/affluenza
When they looked at those on the higher end of the income scale, however, the correlation was more like two-thirds. So you’re a lot more likely to end up affluent if you were born that way (For more, see America's Decreasing Economic Mobility).
This isn’t the only research to show a lack of social mobility among the wealthy. Richard V. Reeves, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, has noted that 30% of children born into the top quintile of income-earning families are likely to stay there. Another 26% end up in the second-highest quintile as adults.
However, the odds of making into the top two quintiles are dramatically lower if you were born without means. White children who start in the lowest rung, Reeves reports, have a just one-in-four chance of cracking the top 40% as a grownup. For black children, the figure is even more dismal: 51% who grow up in the bottom rung remain there in adulthood.
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/affluenza.asp
Why is it 'dismal'? Probably NOT because they will and can still be healthy functioning adults but probably because with rises in prices, their 'income' might not be able to purchase even the basic necessities which were affordable in the past.
It's not the 'rich get richer' and the 'poor get poorer'. It's more, 'the rich keep up with rising prices' and 'the poor do not'.
It's consumerisms. The piece of silicone which costed 25 cents yesterday is now selling at 32 cents today and might be sold for 50 cents in the near future. Although it is the same silicone piece, the price for it has 'gone' up and the consumers are paying for the silicone regardless if it is 25 cents or if it is 50 cents.
