Qaddafi’s strategy stunted the growth of state institutions, because, like Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution in China, it implied subordinating their development to the needs of an all-embracing vision of transformation. Economic planning reflected his populist policies and foreign adventures, rather than any focus on stability and sustainable growth.
卡扎菲的政策阻碍了国家机构的成长，因为这意味着它们的成长要服从所谓囊括一切的转型目标的需求，这与毛泽东在中国发动的文化大革命如出一辙。经济规划与其说关注的是稳定和可持续增长，还不如说反映卡氏的民粹主义政策和对外冒险的需要。卡扎菲并不依赖国家机构来完成执政，而是依赖其爪牙和部族成员。