I'm bored. Does anyone want to know anything about Africa?

Not Comms Officer · March 27, 2015, 04:03:38 AM

I know quite a lot about the continent and what's going there since half my family comes from there. And I never any opportunities to use what I know about the place since nobody gives a shit about that part of the world.

So anyone hungry for some information?

gats · March 27, 2015, 04:37:55 AM

Do you know much about life under Gaddafi? I tried searching it up but I can never find anything.

Not Comms Officer · March 27, 2015, 04:41:32 AM

Quote from: gats on March 27, 2015, 04:37:55 AM

Do you know much about life under Gaddafi? I tried searching it up but I can never find anything.

Not even sub-Saharan Africa? I'm disappointed..

Anyways, Gaddafi structured his regime so exactly what is happening in Libya right now would happen, since he concentrated the entire Government's legitimacy onto himself solely. So when he died, Libya literally had no surviving Government institutions. His cult of personality was comparable to Kim Jong Un's. The only reason the country didn't collapse during the 42 years he ruled was because the country was so oil-rich, that the living standards were steadily increasing under his regime.

That's a pretty basic sum-up of Libya under Qaddafi.

challengerX · March 27, 2015, 04:44:56 AM

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gats · March 27, 2015, 04:51:38 AM

Quote from: GethKhilafah on March 27, 2015, 04:41:32 AM

Quote from: gats on March 27, 2015, 04:37:55 AM
Do you know much about life under Gaddafi? I tried searching it up but I can never find anything.
Not even sub-Saharan Africa? I'm disappointed..

Anyways, Gaddafi structured his regime so exactly what is happening in Libya right now would happen, since he concentrated the entire Government's legitimacy onto himself solely. So when he died, Libya literally had no surviving Government institutions. His cult of personality was comparable to Kim Jong Un's. The only reason the country didn't collapse during the 42 years he ruled was because the country was so oil-rich, that the living standards were steadily increasing under his regime.

That's a pretty basic sum-up of Libya under Qaddafi.

Interesting, I always get conflicting reports about life under Gaddafi, it was either really good or really bad. Compared to the surrounding countries Libya had a very high human development index and it's poverty line was one of the lowest.

Not Comms Officer · March 27, 2015, 04:59:02 AM

Quote from: challengerX on March 27, 2015, 04:44:56 AM

What do you know about Eritrea?

It's pretty much Africa's version of North Korea. They existed as a part of Ethiopia until they were able to exploit the instability of Ethiopia's Communist Regime (which lasted for about 30 years. Called Derga or something like that) to gain independence. After that, they waged a long and brutal war against Ethiopia in a blatant land grab. Though Eritrea was able to keep the war at a stalemate for about 8 years due to the fact that they poured all of their resources into the war, and Ethiopia poured only some of their resources.

In the end though, the Ethiopians won (unsurprisingly), and got some token scraps of land from Eritrea.

Ah, and Eritrea has been led by a batshit insane dictator-President since their independence, and the state is as repressive of North Korea. They pour 25% of their budget into the Armed Forces, and all men are automatically reservists. So you have lots of people fleeing the country trying to escape military service.

Does that satisfy your curiosity?

Not Comms Officer · March 27, 2015, 05:00:00 AM

Quote from: gats on March 27, 2015, 04:51:38 AM

Quote from: GethKhilafah on March 27, 2015, 04:41:32 AM
Quote from: gats on March 27, 2015, 04:37:55 AM
Do you know much about life under Gaddafi? I tried searching it up but I can never find anything.
Not even sub-Saharan Africa? I'm disappointed..

Anyways, Gaddafi structured his regime so exactly what is happening in Libya right now would happen, since he concentrated the entire Government's legitimacy onto himself solely. So when he died, Libya literally had no surviving Government institutions. His cult of personality was comparable to Kim Jong Un's. The only reason the country didn't collapse during the 42 years he ruled was because the country was so oil-rich, that the living standards were steadily increasing under his regime.

That's a pretty basic sum-up of Libya under Qaddafi.
Interesting, I always get conflicting reports about life under Gaddafi, it was either really good or really bad. Compared to the surrounding countries Libya had a very high human development index and it's poverty line was one of the lowest.

But it had the cost of having no human rights to speak of. And in the end, we all saw what was more important to the Libyan people.

HeadHunter · March 27, 2015, 02:28:42 PM

You know those commercials where the guy is with the starving kids? He says "for just fifteen cents a day, you can feed Tyrone and send him to college."
I'm just curious what's the cost living for like the average person? And how much is a US dollar worth over there?

Not Comms Officer · March 27, 2015, 05:01:39 PM

Quote from: HeadHunter on March 27, 2015, 02:28:42 PM

You know those commercials where the guy is with the starving kids? He says "for just fifteen cents a day, you can feed Tyrone and send him to college."
I'm just curious what's the cost living for like the average person? And how much is a US dollar worth over there?

Well, there are over 50 countries and around 40 currencies. But referring to Rand (South Africa), it's about 10 Rand to a Dollar.

But 10 Rand in South Africa has far more buying power than a Dollar, and it'd be even more so in the other, very impoverished African nations.

alphy · March 27, 2015, 05:19:57 PM

if u can, tell me about angola

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