Comparing Muammar Gaddafi's Regime And 1984
Parallels Between Muammar Gaddafi’s Regime and 1984 George Orwell, author of the modern classic 1984, wrote about the politics of his own era and prophesized a dystopian future in his novels. Some of his predications have proved to be terrifyingly accurate in describing some of the world’s nations after the year 1949. The North African country of Libya, for example, has recently been freed from the long, totalitarian rule of Muammar Gaddafi. Libya is now recovering from Gaddafi’s policies that kept the country isolated from most of the world and hurt its diplomatic relations, particularly with the West, almost beyond repair. From foreign policy to political theory, Orwell’s negative utopian vision and Muammar Gaddafi’s regime share many striking similarities. Born in 1942, near Surt in the desert region of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi was the last child and only son of his family who were modest Bedouin people of the animal-herding Qadhdhafa tribe. (“Muammar Al-Gaddafi” 164). Inspired
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In Oceania, citizens were vaporized, or killed and had all record of them existing erased, if they thought thoughts or participated in activities that went against the party’s doctrine. (Orwell 3). In Gaddafi’s Jamahiriyya, which ironically translates to “rule by the masses,” people were also killed for speaking out against the government or spreading unflattering information about Libya. Like the party of Oceania, Gaddafi also used torture tactics to scare the population into submission. (Asser). Even though he undoubtedly ruled with an iron fist, he separated his government into committees and made civilians attend popular congresses (although they had no real power) to feign the appearance of a democratic government. The members of the Inner and Outer parties of Oceania also attended patriotic events to boost their sense of pride and trust in the
In Oceania, citizens were vaporized, or killed and had all record of them existing erased, if they thought thoughts or participated in activities that went against the party’s doctrine. (Orwell 3). In Gaddafi’s Jamahiriyya, which ironically translates to “rule by the masses,” people were also killed for speaking out against the government or spreading unflattering information about Libya. Like the party of Oceania, Gaddafi also used torture tactics to scare the population into submission. (Asser). Even though he undoubtedly ruled with an iron fist, he separated his government into committees and made civilians attend popular congresses (although they had no real power) to feign the appearance of a democratic government. The members of the Inner and Outer parties of Oceania also attended patriotic events to boost their sense of pride and trust in the