Qaddafi used strong security services and paramilitary revolutionary committees to safeguard his rule, leaving state institutions dysfunctional and fragmented. Indeed, Qaddafi’s belief that the bureaucracy impeded the transmission of his message to the masses spurred him to dismantle ministries periodically and place privileged personal relationships above institutional hierarchies.
卡扎菲利用强大的安全机构及准军事革命委员会来捍卫自己的统治，致使国家机构在运行不畅的同时四分五裂。事实上，卡扎菲确信官僚主义阻碍其向民众传达讯息的想法促使他定期破坏部委，并把特权阶层的个人关系凌驾于地方机构之上。由于缺乏统一领导，利比亚牺牲了民族认同感，恢复了部落和地区效忠制。