The population of Libya is about 5 million, and of those five million, over a fifth of them are employed by the state in some capacity or another. Libya bills itself as a sort of Socialist kind of country, so this sort of thing is to be expected in a place that, as far as we can tell, doesn’t have a whole lot going for it other than it isn’t on the American hit list anymore. In a move that kind of reminds us of the time our parents told us we either had to get a real job or move out, the Libyan government plans to cut 400,000 people from it’s payrolls. Burn.

Really though, it’s kind of the opposite of that. Because, you know. These people are getting fired. It’s not clear that there are some other economic sectors that can absorb these workers, or what the deal is with that, but it sort of sounds like Libya is expecting an influx of American capital now that the US gov’t has removed its sanctions of the North African nation, and has a medium term plan to raise the standard of living for all Libyans.

So, I guess what we’re trying to say here is this is the kind of result you get from a rogue nation of evil-doers when you leave them the fuck alone instead of decimating their country.

Just a thought.

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