Chapter 6295: Dictator's Weakness
Libya? What's wrong? Lin Feng looked surprised. 〕】〕〉com
Lin Feng has not been to Libya for a long time. After all, it's okay. Lin Feng doesn't like playing Libya. It's too far away, and Gaddafi is a bit too enthusiastic. You can't wait to marry his daughter to him. How can Lin Feng bear this enthusiasm?
Although Gaddafi's daughter is also a beautiful woman, Lin Feng doesn't like her. You can't see beautiful women, so just keep them in the harem. Even if no one cares about it, Lin Feng himself doesn’t want to.
After all, this man's energy is limited. If there are too many women to take care of, it will be very painful. Therefore, Lin Feng rarely went there.
"Gaddafi's national infrastructure has made great progress with the support of his US dollars and the construction of our country and Italy. But the problem is that Gaddafi's personal ambitions are also expanding!" President Sarkozy said .
Lin Feng nodded.
Lin Feng still has a clear understanding of Gaddafi. He also belongs to the kind of civil rights fighter similar to himself. He has been committed to leading Libyans, that is, Arabs, onto the path of prosperity and democracy. He longed for an Arab world without Western intervention. But this is obviously impossible.
Because most of the world's oil resources are in the hands of the Arab world. Although Lin Feng's "solar energy technology" has begun to be slowly promoted. At least among the private sector, solar water heaters and electric vehicles have begun to become popular. But from a military perspective, neither solar energy nor electric energy can yet replace petroleum resources.
This is still a strategic resource. Therefore, Western countries in the Arab world are watching and allow Africa to establish a grand alliance, but they do not allow the Arab world to establish such a grand alliance. Gaddafi has always wanted to establish a grand alliance in the Arab world. This is naturally regarded as a thorn in the side of Western countries.
Before this, if it weren't for Lin Feng's mediation, Gaddafi's good days would have ended long ago. It is impossible for Libya as a whole to be as economically prosperous as it is now.
"Libya is a dictatorial government, and currently there is instability in the country. Due to Gaddafi's dictatorship, its domestic political situation is unstable and there are opposition voices!" President Sarkozy said.
Lin Feng frowned.
"It is inevitable that there will be opposition. There is no way around this. After all, no matter how well he does, some people will feel bad. After all, there will always be conflicts between those with vested interests and those with non-vested interests. In this world, you can’t satisfy everyone!” Lin Feng said.
"Yes! Under Gaddafi's governance, Libya was the first country in Africa to lift itself out of poverty. Now the treatment of Libyans is...
Similar to our EU. People across the country enjoy free medical insurance, free housing, and free education. It can be said that their lives are above the standard. Even though it is not as good as Western countries, it is not far behind! ” Berlusconi agreed.
President Sarkozy shook his head.
"A small voice of opposition is naturally not important. What I am worried about is Gaddafi's character!" President Sarkozy looked worried.
As a person? Lin Feng and Berlusconi were both puzzled.
"He is a dictator, and today's dictators are different from previous dictators. In the past, everything was for their own selfishness. But in modern times, dictators will benefit the people as much as possible and let the people enjoy Welfare benefits for the growth of the country. For example, although Yuan was detestable, in some respects, he did allow the Germans to enjoy the country's welfare, making the Germans the best in Europe and even the world at that time. material conditions!” President Sarkozy explained.
Lin Feng nodded.
"This is also true for Gaddafi. Whether he is personally corrupt or not, we won't talk about. But he did use the dividends brought by the country's oil on national welfare! He made Libyans happier than all Africans. "President Sarkozy analyzed, "But Mr. Lin should be very clear that people's hearts are greedy. This person has never been truly contented, and he will always become more and more greedy and less and less satisfied. Be content with the status quo.”
Lin Feng strongly agrees with this point.
Just like Lin Feng Management Company, when an employee has been successful for a certain period of time, he will always want to make progress and hope to get more in terms of position or remuneration. Then, he will continue to hope to go further. This is naturally a very good aspect. Companies want motivated employees so that the company can make progress.
But talent has a limit. Their room for growth is limited. It cannot grow forever. After reaching a certain level, they can no longer grow. What should I do? What should they do if they can't get a higher salary or reach a higher position? It's very simple, just try your best to be lazy.
What he could do in one day before, he would do it over several days, to make himself as comfortable as possible. Therefore, Lin Feng adopts a competition system in the company to prevent this kind of slackness from spreading in the company.
"Libyans are very happy now, much happier than other African countries, but when they have such happiness now, they will no longer be satisfied. Especially Gaddafi proposed an African Internet revolution, connecting the entire African continent, including rural areas, through the application of telephone, television, radio and other technologies such as telemedicine and distance learning. In other words, Libya is the first African country to have the Internet!" President Sarkozy sighed, "And when the Libyan people know more about the outside world, they want more. So, what they want now is not material life, but spiritual freedom! That is, rights!"
Rights! Lin Feng frowned. Lin Feng already knew what President Sarkozy said.
Rights, people will begin to desire rights after they become rich. Desire for democratic rights, hoping that they can have more say. And Libya, is it a democratic society? No! Everything in Libya is under the powerful personal dictatorship of Gaddafi, which has led to the current situation.
Once democracy, is it suitable? The simplest example is South Africa. When South Africa was under a dictatorship, people lived very well. Almost as happy as the Libyans now. But the emergence of civil rights fighter Mandela, the founding father of South Africa, brought democracy to South Africa. But what is the result? The result is that this country, once the richest in Africa, is now in chaos and its economy is getting worse and worse. The law and order in Cape Town is bad, and people will rob with guns in the downtown area in broad daylight.
Democracy may not be suitable for every country. Why can the West have democracy? That is because the quality of citizens in the overall Western society has reached a certain level, and then it can be born. On the contrary, when citizens do not have such overall quality, if you let Western society enter democracy, it will only lead to social chaos.
Libya, if democracy is promoted, will also be in chaos.
"Then why not just suppress these people?" Berlusconi said indifferently, "Gaddafi controls the army! A very powerful army."
"That's the problem!" President Sarkozy looked solemn, "The problem is that Gaddafi suppresses people. Gaddafi is a dictator, but he is not greedy for pleasure. He puts all his thoughts on making Libya strong and improving the living conditions of the people. He loves Libya and the Libyan people. In his heart, the Libyan people must love him very much. But when he knows that the Libyan people don't love him, what will he do?"
At this moment, Berlusconi became solemn. He was able to become the Prime Minister of Italy, so he was naturally not a fool, and naturally understood the meaning behind this.
"When a dictator knows that the people he loves are against him, he will be furious and will use all means to suppress the people. And this will inevitably provoke a strong reaction from Western society!" Berlusconi's face was a little ugly.
Now it is a democratic society. Western society attaches great importance to human rights. If Gaddafi uses the army to suppress domestic opponents, of course, once the people march and demonstrate, he will certainly use the army to suppress the people. Then the entire Western society will criticize Gaddafi and ask the United Nations to stop this inhumane behavior.
And their two countries are strongly supporting Gaddafi. In this case, they will inevitably be criticized by the Western society and even at home. Their position will become embarrassing. They will inevitably have to terminate cooperation with Libya.
Even.....
"Lin, once Gaddafi does such a crazy thing, I will definitely cut off my relationship with him in order to protect myself. I will even take the initiative to ask him to stop such brutal behavior, and even ask him to resign! If he does a crazy massacre, he must resign! But will he resign?" President Sarkozy sighed.
"He won't resign. I've dealt with him before. He's very attached to power. He can't give it up. Moreover, once he steps down, he will inevitably become a government in exile, and the domestic opponents in Libya will not tolerate him." Berlusconi added.
"He won't step down. Then, I will be forced to declare war on him to stop this brutality! So, I hope you can stop his brutality and let him ease the domestic situation, instead of using the most brutal behavior to suppress domestic opposition forces!" President Sarkozy requested, "Otherwise, our relationship may break down!"
Lin Feng's face was solemn. What President Sarkozy said was definitely not alarmist, but a possibility that would inevitably happen.
This is just like in his own company, he gave the best treatment to employees. If they stabbed him in the back, he would be furious. Of course, he would not suppress them bloodily like Gaddafi. But he would definitely drive them out of the company and make it impossible for them to gain a foothold in this industry!
Then, things will be really serious. (To be continued)