people cite #Gandhi as nonviolence that worked
it's not true
same with #MLK
MLK would not exist without #MalcolmX
and Gandhi would not exist without Bose:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subhas_Chandra_Bose
that is, the British didn't want to fight, they were exhausted from #WWII. and so the colonizers could be persuaded to be "magnanimous" and accept Gandhi's terms, *only* because the threat of violence existed in the wings
the pop-culture understanding of #nonviolence is a lie
Gandhi knew this:
