Book · 2020
The Green Book
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Gaddafi codified all of his thoughts about how the world ought to be run into his magnum opus, The Green Book. In it, he argued that democracy could not flourish in republican systems.
What they say about it
- Outlines political philosophy“political philosophy of, you guessed it”2
The best things said about it
In 1975, Gaddafi writes and publishes The Green Book, which was a short book setting out the political philosophy of, you guessed it, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
The Green Book rejects both capitalism and communism as well as representative democracy.
US Ambassador David Mack called the book quite jumbled with various ideas including quote a fair amount of xenophobia wrapped up in a strange mixture.
This book was still distributed and praised and he stayed in power like most dictators do.
He has launched his second revolution in a couple of years and elucidated his plans for a perfect society in the Green Book. Right. Um so, yeah. Now now here we are. Muammar Gaddafi starts releasing his Green Book chapter like by chapter.
Why people recommend it
The Green Book by Muammar Gaddafi is a short political manifesto outlining the Libyan leader's philosophy on direct democracy, rejecting both capitalism and communism while proposing governance through people's committees. The text served as the ideological foundation of Gaddafi's regime and was heavily promoted within Libya for decades. The book was discussed on Behind the Bastards in an October 2022 episode of It Could Happen Here Weekly, where the host explored its publication in 1975 and its circulation under Gaddafi's long-standing rule. The host noted that the manifesto was partly inspired by other revolutionary texts and proposed a direct democracy system for adult citizens, though its actual reception was poor. The host shared that US Ambassador David Mack described the book as a jumbled collection of strange ideas mixed with xenophobia, while also recalling personal family reactions to the mandate that citizens study it. Robert Evans also discussed the book in an earlier July 2018 episode of Behind the Bastards, explaining how Gaddafi codified his worldview into a magnum opus that argued republican democracy could not flourish, releasing the text chapter by chapter as part of his second revolution.
Every mention
Robert Evans Eventually, Gaddafi codified all of his thoughts about how the world ought to be run into his magnum opus,… 2
“Eventually, Gaddafi codified all of his thoughts about how the world ought to be run into his magnum opus, The Green Book. In it, he argued that democracy could not flourish in republican systems.”
“He has launched his second revolution in a couple of years and elucidated his plans for a perfect society in the Green Book. Right. Um so, yeah. Now now here we are. Muammar Gaddafi starts releasing his Green Book chapter like by chapter”
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“In 1975, Gaddafi writes and publishes the Greek book, which was a short book setting out the political philosophy of, you guessed it, Libyan leader Muhammad Gaddafi. It is said to have been inspired in part by the Little Red Book”
“The Green Book rejects both capitalism and communism as well as representative democracy. Instead, it proposes a type of direct democracy overseen by the general people's committee which allows direct political participation for all adult citizens.”
“As far as the reception of this book goes, though, it wasn't great. US Ambassador David Mack called the book quite jumbled with various ideas including quote a fair amount of xenophobia wrapped up in a strange mixture.”
“Remember the green book? Yes, that book. He had been in power for so long and this book was still distributed and praised and he stayed in power like most dictators do.”
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“For most of his reign, there was only one official channel, the state television channel that ran like 6 or 8 hours a day. One day it broadcast hours worth of just a picture of army boots with the caption from a viewer to the broadcasting house.”