Comments by "BankruptWizard" (@bankruptwizard) on "How History Works"
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@mariamzafar3849 They portrayed him as a dictator because he was non-aligned oriented. He had good arms deals with USSR which made USA mad. Gaddafi supplied the liberation movements across the world (IRA, MPLA etc.) In terms of his acceptance domestically: eastern libya pro-Gaddafi, western libya anti-Gaddafi. Why? Before 1969 coup libya was a kingdom ruled by corrupt, dissoriented, unsymphatetic king Idris I. During kingdom of libya Bayda or Derna was the capital in a province called Cyrenaica. West libya was dogshit and eastern libya was ok. No infrastructure, no water, no education, nothing. In 1969 life exprctancy 54 years, 20% literate, 75% lived in caves or tents. Gaddafi changed that in 2010 90% literate, homelesness practically didn't exist, free education, free healthcare. A few years before the 1969 coup libya discovered oil and libya let USA an UK to build and take libya's oil. Gaddafi then nationalised after his coup all oil companies and refineries. Libya is divided between tribes, only the tribes from cyrenaica benefited during Idris I reign other tribes no. During Gaddafi cyrenaican tribes didnt benefit while other tribes did. Gaddafi kicked out italians and jews from libya. Gaddafi was a islamic socialist he rejected communism because of planned economy and atheism, capitalism because of lack of dignity, moral values... There is so much more to tell so ask me more, don't be shy.
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@mariamzafar3849 So Libyan Arab Republic 1969-1977. Gaddafi got power through a military coup on september 1st. GDP per capita rose 5x, Massive industrial projects, infrastructure, roads, free healthcare and education, Green Revoulution thats how Gaddafi dubbed it was an agricultural plan to greenize the dessert to make people produce food because before that Libya relied on exports. People started living in apartments, children and most notably WOMEN got the basic rights as a man, they got equal pay, they werent discriminated it was banned through whole Gaddafis regime. Gaddafi nationalised oil sectors and gave people other benefits. 1977-1986 Socialist Peoples Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. Change of flag to plain green to represent islam and his third international theory. During this time Gaddafi became more Pan African because he eventually went with Pan Arabism but things didnt turn out good for Gaddafi, Tunisia was francophille, Algeria in a civil war, Egypt got a western oriented President who was aligned with Israel and USA. So then Gaddafi created his own Third International Theory to oppose both the Capitalist west and Communist East. He encouraged cooperation with other african states to kick out imperialists and colonialists. 1986-2000. Name changed to Great Socialist Peoples Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. In 1986 R. Reagan bombed Libya because the relations became awful between USA and Libya because Gaddafi supplied the liberation movements MPLA from Angola who were Communists IRA from Ireland who were anti British. In 1990s Gaddafi planned to buy Nuclear material to created Nuclear Bombs and Reactors which the west even USSR strongly opposed, due to the pressure and western sanctions Gaddafi gave up and gave his Nuclear warheads and all that. 2000-2011. New Gaddafi Era 21st century, sanctions were lifted and Libya became so much more better and less isolated from the world. GDP rose again so high, average libyan had money to have a house, wife, to send his kids to school, to buy a car... Prices were super cheap, and oil was like 0.15 cents for 1L. His son Saif al Islam requested change which Gaddafi agreed to but not to do it instantly, Gaddafi in 1999 formed the African Union in Sirte his hometown. Gaddafi due to his health getting worse said there will be elections to decide the future leadership of Libya, and then war in 2011 in feb happened, The Arab Spring. He lost, war is less important for his autobiography.
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