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Gandhi's Letter to Hitler (1940)

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116 points wslh | 1 comments | 17 Nov 24 04:55 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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amatecha ◴[17 Nov 24 06:17 UTC] No.42162344[source]▶
The degree of wisdom and truly "evolved" thinking demonstrated in this letter is deeply inspiring. Simultaneously, it conversely seems to support the idea that you can't really reason with fascists because their hunger for power (and destruction) is essentially insatiable and they won't stop because someone spoke some convincing words.
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throwaway10oct ◴[17 Nov 24 07:06 UTC] No.42162476[source]▶
I respectfully disagree because Gandhi's approach may seem idealistic, but in reality, nature functions on the basis of survival of the fittest.

Nonviolent methods often require the possibility of violence as a backdrop to be effective. Otherwise, they might not yield the desired results.

While Gandhi's philosophy sounds nice in theory, it may not always be the most practical in real-world scenarios.

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iwantgandhi ◴[17 Nov 24 07:38 UTC] No.42162601[source]▶
"While Gandhi's philosophy sounds nice in theory, it may not always be the most practical in real-world scenarios."

You do know his philosophy worked, right?

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1. 0x1ceb00da ◴[17 Nov 24 07:53 UTC] No.42162682[source]▶
Yes it did, but it was a mistake to think hitler could be talker out of what he was doing. Nazi germany was to british rule what the american psycho would be to a thief. Britishers freed india when the income stopped justifying the expenses. That's what gandhi's plan was all along (non cooperation movement). This kind of reasoning doesn't work on people who are following an ideology.