Well, it's come to this. The 99% of lazy malcontents in Libya have overthrown a regime which provided jobs to the majority of the population. Motivated by selfishness, laziness and jealousy of the 1%, no doubt. With the majority of people in Libya gainfully employed, they have opted for chaos over stability, and literally killed the biggest job creator Libya has ever known. Here's the breakdown of why their struggle was utter folly:
1. It's a sad day for the free market in Libya
Gadaffi ruled the country for decades. During most of those years, the majority of Libyans were employed. Maybe not 99% of people, but most, probably 51,52, or 53% anyhow. Yes, Gadaffi accumulated billions of dollars for himself, but he possessed skills that the normal population did not have. They begrudged him his success and engaged in class warfare. He rose to his position solely on merit and personal skill, and now the rebels, jealous of his personal wealth have killed him off.
2. The biggest job creator in Libya just died.
How many jobs did those lazy rebels create? None. Gadaffi deserved the billions he salted away and those do nothing lazy rebels were not even grateful for his generosity and compassion. The Libyans just killed off their biggest job creator, their society is unlikely to survive.
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3. This radical change means things are going to get worse in Libya.
It's just too bad the Libyan people were so ignorant regarding how the economy works. The upheaval and instability caused by regime change means, that at least in the short term, the economy will be worse in Libya. Should they rally have risked their current economy for some promise of a better future? No, they should have thanked their lucky stars for the leadership of Gadaffi, for his job creation and accepted his generousity. I hear he even set up some free medical clinics.
4. Now the Libyans have no economic plan, no spokesman and no one with any experience in charge.
A country needs to be led by people with experience. Gadaffi had over 25 years of experience running the country. You can bet he was working every day to make things better. People who don't work for a living just don't understand the stress endured by those in positions of responsibility and authority. There is no one in Libya who has his experience who we can trust to make things better. The country would have been much better off with the status quo with Gadaffi in charge.
5. Taxes are bound to go up in Libya
Gadaffi did very well because he had interests in oil revenues. He brought foreign investment and much needed foreign dollars into Libya, and he distributed much of his money to the obviously ungrateful people. Well, now the new government will likely appropriate his share in the form of new taxes and go on some unsustainable spending spree giving Marxist things like good health care and food to the needy of the country. It all sounds good now, but we know the free market under Gadaffi certainly ought to have been better at distributing the wealth than some socialist theory.
6. The protestors/rebels actions were clearly illegal under Libyan law.
There's little doubt that the rebels showed no respect for Libyan law and were not patriotic. And the law is there to protect society in general. It is not like it only protects the top 1% of society. No, it is there for the benefit of everyone. They clashed with the police and the army. This is clearly a case of unpatriotic lazy marxists vs partiotic job creators if I have ever seen one.
7. There is clearly no independent spirit in Libya
None of this would have happened if the Libyan people focused on their own problems and went about trying to get or hold a damn job instead of blaming the government in Libya. If they had have focused solely on their own skills, and worked really hard for another 20-25 years, who knows much things would have improved. But no, they banded together into some great socialist horde and effected political change.
We can only hope that this revolution causes leaders and job creators in other countries such as Syria to take notice. The only hope for nation like Syria is if they focus on having strong police forces, arresting trouble makers and protecting the well deserved fruits of free market capitalism for their job creating leaders.