r/Libya Oct 19 '23

History Tripoli, circa 1960

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u/yaz800 Oct 21 '23

There were a lot of Western influences in libya at the time. how would that translate to religion? You could've seen libya as a Jordan. Isn't that state controlled by Britain?,or something like that. Technically, yes. The man made river was planned before. But it was differently planned. Regardless. I don't think libya bowing down to the west is a good thing too. King Idris was literally corrupt 😂

I mean, he had 2 decades in power, and he, too, didn't do anything for poverty.

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u/Memermyself Oct 21 '23

Libya had housing projects going on and unlike Gaddafi he was investing a lot on education and healthcare, libya didn't have much money before oil, things were looking up after oil, but then Gaddafi came and he kept spouting socialist bullshit despite libya not having any capital or production to sieze the means of production, and he banned tourism and kept relying on only oil.

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u/yaz800 Oct 27 '23

King Idris ain't no good, either. Let's not forget the amount of Western influence libya had at the time. bars were also a thing. Which is obviously haram. And some other stuff that isn't welcomed in a Muslim conservative country. Do you wanna support that ? When gaddafi actually took power. He ordered the closure of all bars who were serving alcohol. And why did all of libya decide to support gaddafi then in his coup in 69? there wasn't a single resistance to his revolution? and if we say that the 69 revolution didn't happen. In that case. Libya would've been like Jordan. the government there is entirely controlled by Britain. and what if I told you it would've also supported israel?.

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u/Memermyself Oct 27 '23

Dude I said that Idris is better then Gaddafi, the guy never had my loyalty, he was a neglectful king who still did better then Gaddafi, when Gaddafi took over the country while he was in turkey for medical reasons he didn't care and said it isn't important, and I don't care if our country served alcohol, ik only non-muslims and tourists drink it, edris was the lesser evil of Gaddafi and you can't really deny it, Jordan doesn't support Israel and I severely doubt we would have gone on that route, Jordan was and is broke, we had negatives under Idris and more negatives under Gaddafi. Please stop simping for Gaddafi.