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"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." -- misattributed to Ghandi
by maerF0x0 4y ago
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."
-- misattributed to Ghandi
- WJW 4y agoGandhi had the benefits of the English being war-weary after WW2 and the world being swept by a wave of anti-colonialism at the time. Quite often it actually ends well before the "you win" stage. The "Occupy Wall Street" people never really got further than step 1, for example.
- maerF0x0 4y agoYes, it' definitely not a law of physics. It's an adage of value for a reason though too. It's about perserverance, if you can tolerate the previous steps indefinitely then there's a high probability you'll arrive at a later step. I would say Occupy got at least to step 2 or 3 before they gave up.
- WJW 4y agoI thought of a better example: Fidel Castro surely persevered right up until the end, but despite leading Cuba for almost 50 years it's a stretch to say he "won" in any significant way against the US.
- Ekaros 4y agoCuba still does not have puppet regime installed by USA... So in that sense they did not lose.
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