In other words, the Saudi system makes allowances, both official and unofficial but stably iterated, for people who are in but not of it.
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I had these conversations years ago, but I notice myself mentally referring to these ideas with increasing frequency at work now: "I am a foreigner here. I will not needlessly disturb their religious system, but neither do I wish to be implicated in it."
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In Saudi, there could be a certain dignity in understanding that you live as a guest in a strange land, at the pleasure of the king.
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There could be common knowledge that you don't believe that there's any special significance in bowing towards Mecca, but also that you aren't going to distribute pamphlets or interrupt evening prayers with an airhorn. And if that was tolerable for you, you'd be fine.
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By contrast, the prevailing cultural trend towards "bringing one's whole self to work" really means "bringing a very specific self to work".
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After my first brush with HR in Woke Capital (over, of all things, discussing Infinite Jest in the water cooler slack channel), I asked whether it would not be easier to simply draw up a list of approved opinions and have everyone either sign it or agree not to contradict it.
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Have you ever met an HR person?
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Wow, very brave of you to speak the truth that "diversity is strength" to power. You must constantly live in fear for such bravery in opposing the power structure.
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