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Before Gaddafi:
A government drilled the oil, embezzled half of it, and gave some percentage to the people for free, making libyan money worthless through inflation.
After Gaddafi:
Skilled oil companies drills the oil, gives the government any percentage they demand, and they use this money to improve Libyas infrastructure, actually profiting the libyan people.
Before Gaddafi:
If you as much as said publicly that Libya didn't have freedom of speech, and you weren't famous, Gaddafi would send death squads to whereever you lived, EVEN IF YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE LIVING SAFELY IN EUROPE, and assassinate you. If you were a famous activist, you would instead be dragged before a libyan court charged with insulting, and even conspiring to KILL, Gaddafi, and if you weren't sentenced to death, you'd be brought to a lifetime prison, to be killed in a prison massacre by Gaddafi.
After Gaddafi:
Democratic rights.
"God is great!" ("Allahu akbar!") is the exact phrase that fundamentalist fanatics say before they detonate their suicide bombs. Would the anthem be "Allah save Gaddafi" it wouldn't be as bad.
A revolution will require capable fighters, so any rebel wanting illegal guns and expertize to overthrow a government, would have to deal with shady elements - I'm certainly not thinking lesser of them for it. It would be another matter if they would forcefully try to appoint fundamentalists to rule the government, but as it is now, canidates are being appointed for a democratic election, and this time the canidates are not secretly working for a despot.