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[–] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 51 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is the level of pacifism the west gets on whenever anyone physically resists genocide:

[–] fire86743@lemmygrad.ml 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

GANDHI ACTUALLY FUCKING SAID THAT, WHAT THE FUCK!?!?"

[–] SpaceDogs@lemmygrad.ml 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It wouldn’t be surprising since he’s the same guy that went on hunger strikes whenever his people would violently oppose the British.

[–] fire86743@lemmygrad.ml 30 points 1 year ago (5 children)

The Western media always says that he was a peaceful man and we should be like him. When I became a Marxist, I started to see his methods as ineffective but Jesus. Fucking. Christ. I never knew he was that bad.

[–] BoxedFenders@hexbear.net 31 points 1 year ago

This is why libs revere Gandhi while villainizing Mao, Castro and Sankara.

[–] ihaveibs@lemmygrad.ml 30 points 1 year ago

Becoming a Marxist shows you that Gandhi was a villain that is propped up by the west in the name of non-violence

[–] JuryNullification@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Weirdly, Gandhi supported violence when he volunteered Indian men to fight for the British military in Africa.

Make your libs read How to Blow Up a Pipeline, which really should be called “Why Nonviolence Is Shit and Has Never Worked”

[–] RedQuestionAsker2@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Reading about history was my road to Marxism.

Reading the history of India's decolonization and the use of violent opposition, in particular, was a major moment for me.

When I first saw this quote, it really put into perspective why non-violence is held as the only option by the hegemon.

[–] silent_water@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is idealism on steroids, jfc what a complete idiot.

[–] uralsolo@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

He wasn't the only prominent figure in the Indian Independence movement, but there's a few reasons why he's the most romanticized in western historiography.

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah, Gandhi is a shithead propped up because the liberal view if passive submission to state violence is politically useful for maintaining control. The British really gave up in India because Gandhi said he was no longer going to tell the armed factions not to fight, and the Brits decided they couldn't afford to fight a real rebellion.