Gaddafi was simply killed for his "golden initiative" of the concept of the gold dinar as an alternative to the petrodollar. So the unfounded empty accusations of South Africa and the threat of sanctions are not yet too harsh a reaction from the United States.
We really need to stop pushing this narrative around. The US and NATO may have had ulterior motives for killing Gaddafi but let's not be out here painting him like a saint. Gaddafi was a ruthless dictator. In no world should a person like Gaddafi be celebrated. Just because he had a few ideas that would have been good for his people doesn't justify the things he did.
Based on the kind of person Gaddafi was, I really doubt that he wanted the "golden initiative" for the good of his people and not for his own personal interest. They all have ulterior motives.
Who are "we" and what kind of narrative do you need to stop pushing?
Gaddafi had many sins, but the worst of them, for which he paid with his life, was that he challenged the dollar by proposing the creation of a single African currency backed by gold. Saddam Hussein also had many sins, but the worst of them, for which he paid with his life, was that he challenged the dollar, saying that Iraq would sell oil for the euro. Iran started billing oil in euros in 2003, and Hugo Chavez planned to do so in 2005, and Iran and Venezuela also had some shit.
After the collapse of the Bretton Woods system in the early 1970s, the dollar's post-World War II hegemony began to shake. But fortunately for the United States, Henry Kissinger, during negotiations with Saudi Arabia, developed a simple and ingenious system of "dollar recycling" and in 1975 all OPEC member countries began to sell oil only for the American dollar. And not just sell for dollars, but store them in American banks and buy US Treasury bonds. And the IMF used those dollars to lend money to oil-exporting countries. Bingo! Thanks to this, the reins of government of the world were again in the hands of the United States. And any country that challenges the "dollar recycling" system gets some shit in the form of US troops, sanctions, or a coup d'état. Not because the USA is so bad or evil, it's just that the USA is a very systemic country and this system protects its status quo by all available means, reacting to any threats to its dominant position in the world. Blackmail, bribery, murder - when I say "all available" it means really all available, the system has no moral restrictions inherent in man.
A financial system independent of the dollar is possible - but you have to be prepared to get your share of some shit when you try to implement it.
It's time to change the manual
It is already worn out, some pages are falling out, others are stained with greasy and dirty hands of fans of this delusional reading, and it smells strongly of mothballs
About Gaddafi - a fairy tale, it was proved a long time ago
The only thing he did was support terrorism and beautiful sincere speeches, standing on the mountains of the corpses of the people he killed. The results, or rather the last hours of his life, by the way, perfectly showed "the nationwide love of the people for Gaddafi."
the rest are the same fairy tales.
Oil is sold for dollars to all who find it profitable and convenient. The same Russia, only thanks to dollars for oil, was able to create the appearance of greatness. Now Russia is selling oil for yuan and rupees - and what, did it help Russia? The price of oil is "on the floor", yuan and rupees are in the banks of China and India, which forbid Russia to change them into dollars. Iran and Russia are switching to barter settlements, because there are no dollars, and the money of these two countries is just beautiful pieces of paper
And the rest, including China, India and others, continue to trade comfortably and conveniently on the international market for dollars!
PS A global financial system is also possible on cowrie shells. The only question is why?