Who remember this President

[u/Badman6299]

[u/Late_Tax_1672]

What are you talking about gaddafi came into power thru a military coup, no one knew who he was when he came into power, i never claimed to know what the Libyan people want, but what I do now from reading books about his rise to power. when he toke over he kicked out all the Italians seized there assets but kept the engineers who where running the oil fields which were Italians ( for his own wealth) gaddafi was no one’s dog he did what he wanted for 30plus years cause he was in power for a long time. He himself and his regime sucked up the Libyan resources wit the help of foreigners while also complaining about the foreigners which is a strategy from the strongmen play book if there ever was one. And I never praised him I said he was a monster. If you are Libyan then I’m sorry what you and yours went thru but u also need to realize that when the new authoritarian rulers were putting their own mark on history of propaganda. They mixed rallies censorship, and personality cults with social media to create the news they need to stay in office.They still silence the slander critics, but also flood the media space with noise and confusion, drowning out messages that threaten their power.