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The Green Book is a short book setting out the political philosophy of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The book was first published in 1975. According to questionable sources, Libyan children spent two hours a week studying the book as part of their curriculum. Extracts were broadcast every day on television and radio. Its slogans were also found on billboards and painted on buildings in Libya.
Here are some controversial and funny extracts, but at the same time and without being a fan of Gadaffi, it's curious to say the least on how it makes more sense than any pamphlet and lies politicians spew all day long nowadays. The good from the book comes either from populism trying to appeal to the muslim masses, or from his own inherent beliefs rooted in his tribe, early muslim family life, etc. Nowadays you wouldn't see this from any arab leader (Let alone non muslim countries leaders) except the few muslim ones, and they would just limit themselves to say things that make their sponsors happy. They wouldn't even have the balls to mention women outside of the conventional or straight terms like "Black people" because of the wokeness of their sponsors
On Women: "Women and men are equal as human beings, in the sense that they have the same physiological needs, and are thinking and feeling beings. However, sexual dimorphism gives rise to gender roles, which are natural and appropriate to the differences between the sexes. Freedom consists in following nature, specifically in women having the ability to raise families without being forced by society to seek work which is suitable only for men."
On Black People: "Black people are poised to dominate the human population because their culture includes polygamy and shuns their control, and because they live in a climate which is "continuously hot", with the result that work is less important for them than in other cultures."
On education: "Formal school education is dictatorial, another tyranny like those listed above. Education should be made available in whatever fashion people wish to engage with it."
Sport, Horsemanship and the Stage: "Spectatorship in sports, theater and other entertainments is foolish. People should engage in sports directly, deriving the benefits of athletics for themselves, rather than standing by and watching others perform."
@SecularIslamist
Here are some controversial and funny extracts, but at the same time and without being a fan of Gadaffi, it's curious to say the least on how it makes more sense than any pamphlet and lies politicians spew all day long nowadays. The good from the book comes either from populism trying to appeal to the muslim masses, or from his own inherent beliefs rooted in his tribe, early muslim family life, etc. Nowadays you wouldn't see this from any arab leader (Let alone non muslim countries leaders) except the few muslim ones, and they would just limit themselves to say things that make their sponsors happy. They wouldn't even have the balls to mention women outside of the conventional or straight terms like "Black people" because of the wokeness of their sponsors
On Women: "Women and men are equal as human beings, in the sense that they have the same physiological needs, and are thinking and feeling beings. However, sexual dimorphism gives rise to gender roles, which are natural and appropriate to the differences between the sexes. Freedom consists in following nature, specifically in women having the ability to raise families without being forced by society to seek work which is suitable only for men."
On Black People: "Black people are poised to dominate the human population because their culture includes polygamy and shuns their control, and because they live in a climate which is "continuously hot", with the result that work is less important for them than in other cultures."
On education: "Formal school education is dictatorial, another tyranny like those listed above. Education should be made available in whatever fashion people wish to engage with it."
Sport, Horsemanship and the Stage: "Spectatorship in sports, theater and other entertainments is foolish. People should engage in sports directly, deriving the benefits of athletics for themselves, rather than standing by and watching others perform."
@SecularIslamist
