Look at that pack of criminal prancing peacocks and is any wonder Africa is such a shithole. They're stealing their nations blind while the population rots.
Actually the people in Libya have it pretty good compared to most of the countries in Africa, and the Middle East as a whole. Burkas are few and far between in Libya, no religious police etc. A bit like a communist country in that medical is provided for, education is provided for, housing if you need it. Happy subjects are not revolting subjects. He has thrown a lot of money at major irrigation projects in Libya and he has done a lot to preserve the history of the country. Some of the Roman ruins in Libya are some of the best preserved in the world.
Plus there is the aspect, that with a Dictator you don't see a lot of the tribal warfare you're seeing elsewhere.