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> In the past decade, it has channelled some of its staggering wealth into realizing its outsized ambitions: the World Cup in 2022

Very ambitious: http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117818/qatar-2022-world-c... ("The documentary estimates that, at the current rate, more than 4,000 migrant workers will die by the time Qatar puts on the 2022 World Cup.")

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I wonder how slaves figure into the denominator of their "world’s highest per-capita income". Is the country rich enough to count them as 1 person each? 3/5ths of a person? Do they omit them entirely?

Obviously they are evil irrespective of statistical games, but I want to know if they are evil and successful (in that they could have prosperity for everyone if they wanted) or if the success is a lie too.

Quatar does not consider their slaves to be a part of the population of Quatar - they are essentially migrant workers who have had their passports confiscated.

The fact that the Qatar World Cup was mentioned as a positive thing invalidates anything else this person might have to say about Qatar. :( The death toll is the most tragic element, but so many aspects of that whole situation (blatant corruption, incompetence, etc.) are unambiguously horrific and reflect very poorly upon the country. FIFA should be held responsible as well, of course.

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