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TheKentuckian

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31. To the day wage slave either sleeping at his station in off hours or scrambling for a day rental
Fri Sep 20, 2013, 11:53 AM
Sep 2013

Gandhi didn't accomplish shit all Gandhi accomplished was that a native would be the face of capital in India though usually that face would still have to deal with the usual suspects, pretty often still the British, just higher up the food chain.

The reality is that the British and the west in general could continue to benefit and profit from brutal exploitation of most Indians, without putting direct pressure on the conscience of their citizens by backing off a little and essentially allowing native overseers to be the visible ruling class.

Who gives a damn if you bow to the crown as long as you bow to capital? How does it not come out exactly the same in the wash? How much of the whole deal was upper caste folks desire not to be compressed down to essentially the same as lower caste? I'm not sure but that seems to be the only even semi lasting impact.

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To the day wage slave either sleeping at his station in off hours or scrambling for a day rental TheKentuckian Sep 2013 #31
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