I have searched a lot of this list a while ago cause it was coming up again and again. There was a lot of info here by an even very anti-Gaddafi ngo but it seems like its gone
the Free Healthcare one is true for sure , as are the education and literacy ones, corraborated with actual Libyan refugees that i have spoken with. Quality varied as was urban/rural accessibilty but it was there ,as good as the greek Healthcare they have experiences acording to them (doesnt say THAT much but we still have a “free public healthcare in the european socdem style”
Regarding housing Gaddafi very early made it a centerpiece to provide free or very affordable public housing. Libya did had probably the lowest levels of homelessness in Africa. Again it worked more in urban ereas. Also a very dope policy in the Late 70’s " The Home Belongs to its Dwellers" law " had Tens thousands of landlords (small and large) instantly lost their homes, as tenants (those renting the homes) claimed ownership on account of being the ‘dwellers’. The law applied to homes, farms, shops, etc.
the Free electricity one applied to households bellow a certain income and the prices in general were considerably lower due to oil abundance and nationalization of the entire electric grid. But in general Libyans had to pay their power bill, same as most people, based on the power consumption meter.
The Interest free loans is partly true .The national bank which was the dominant one offered an evolved form of Islamic banking services, these are services where no interest is charged and were better than western banking practices but still that didnt translate to free banking overall or loans haveing no strings attached. And again these were available for a lot of groups byt not all
The 50k for new weds was actual policy but it wasnt in place for that long and had issues with accessibility
The 5k for for child birth isnt true. There was a policy of more like 40? bucks per month per child for a couple of years .
Citizens received a percentages of all oil sales
Idk about the first part
oil was $0.14 per litre
this is true , oil was dirt cheap in Libya. As was bread as the other point says. Food prices were heavily subsidized and controled.
I havent found anything about the 50% of the car thing
Unemployed Libyans received the average salary of their profession in benefits
There were quite a few uneployment policies but i havent found anything about such a generous policy
In general strong welfare state policies and low prices line up with what i have been told by a couple of libyan refugees here in Greece.
I do believe this list to be mostly true if Parenti is saying it; I know he is not without fault but generally good about stuff. Thank you for some extra info/context.
I guess my post was just me being alarmed finding this exact list, going down a really weird rabbit hole.
There was a lot of info here by an even very anti-Gaddafi ngo but it seems like its gone
Wayback machine to the rescue https://web.archive.org/web/20190518075909/https://www.mercycorps.org/sites/default/files/capacity_to_govern-libya_26_aug_2011.pdf