They need to tax their ruling class to pay for the hospitals. The money is there, but rulers would rather spend it on stadiums which will further their wealth.
Pandering to tourists is just prioritizing foreigners over their own citizens because foreigners are making the ruling class richer.
As soon as we stop being stupid and pretending that we’re on the same side as our rulers, things start to make a lot more sense.
It’s actually not complicated at all.
They need to tax their ruling class to pay for the hospitals. The money is there, but rulers would rather spend it on stadiums which will further their wealth.
Pandering to tourists is just prioritizing foreigners over their own citizens because foreigners are making the ruling class richer.
As soon as we stop being stupid and pretending that we’re on the same side as our rulers, things start to make a lot more sense.