11 Things You Didn’t Know About Libya Under Gaddafi’s ‘Dictatorship’

7. Gaddafi Worked Tirelessly to End Homelessness

At the beginning of his rule, Gaddafi was a tireless crusader for his people. In fact, in his famous green book (essentially Gaddafi’s dissertation on the way things oughta be), the dictator proclaims that, “The house is a basic need of both the individual and the family, therefore it should not be owned by others.”