Democracies as we know them are actually highly authoritarian and anti-democratic. He states that parliamentary systems, while well-intended, often end up misrepresenting the interests of the very people they were established to serve.
— Muammar Gaddafi Contemporary

Libyan dictator

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The Green Book

Date / Period

1975

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Philosophical

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