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Gandhi's Letter to Hitler (1940)

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Simon_ORourke ◴[17 Nov 24 07:56 UTC] No.42162689[source]▶
Not putting too fine a point on it, but Gandhi's non-violent resistance worked in the India of his time, because the British wanted both the labor and the natural resources, and killing all the former would simply have cost them.

In Gaza and Ukraine right now, the colonial powers simply want the territory, and are largely indifferent or are openly hostile to the continued physical existence of the people who live there.

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1. __rito__ ◴[17 Nov 24 20:24 UTC] No.42166882[source]▶
The British left India because it was hard to keep and maintain. And a large deciding factor was the Naval Mutiny of 1946. And the battle brought to India through Subhash Bose with Japanese aid was also a huge factor. They just decided India couldn’t be ruled anymore.