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amatecha ◴[] 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 ◴[] 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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callmeal ◴[] No.42162558[source]
>nature functions on the basis of survival of the fittest.

And we have to watch out for thinking that "fittest" implies "strongest". "Smartest" or "most devious" as in the Cuckoo (https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/facts-ab...) also meet the criteria.

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corimaith ◴[] No.42165388[source]
The fittest are by definition those who reproduce the most.

In our modern world, the "smartest" and "devious" are headed to a dead end with below replacement birth rates while the "dumb" rednecks and religious are set to eventually become the majority.

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1. callmeal ◴[] No.42188597{3}[source]
as PhasmaFelis pointed out, it's not the "dumb" and "religious", it's poor people, and the reason is simple - children are a source of "mostly free" labor, as the capitalist class here has (re)discovered.

https://fortune.com/2023/05/25/labor-shortage-child-teenage-...