Facebook Governments: Power and Laughter
The article addresses the phenomenon of fake governments in Libya that are announced via social media platforms, especially Facebook, without any electoral process. It highlights individuals who declare themselves as presidents or ministers unofficially, aiming to engage in a parallel political market operated outside official institutions. The article indicates that the spread of these fake governments reflects a shift of power into an open marketplace based on free advertising and attention, where the costs are low but the monetary or political stakes are high. This phenomenon contributes to weakening the value of genuine political messaging and accumulates a record of deals that perpetuate chaos. Moreover, popular ridicule erodes the sense of legitimacy, while society ignores this game through silence and official indifference, allowing the proliferation of false declarations and fueling an external system outside the state. This system truly threatens the absence of institutions and the society’s ability to distinguish between real and fake governments.
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