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It reminds me a lot of the Red Guards - the greatest disaster could come from the party losing control of these groups.
by david_shi 2y ago
It reminds me a lot of the Red Guards - the greatest disaster could come from the party losing control of these groups.
- Karrot_Kream 2y agoThe original Indian and Pakistani founders had Soviet education and influences. Moreover the Comintern was one of the only fora at the time that was openly in support of decolonization. The similarities aren't coincidental.
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- anukin 2y agoFather of nation of both India and Pakistan were educated in England under English traditions.
- Karrot_Kream 2y agoSorry didn't mean to imply Nehru, Gandhi, or Jinna were educated in the Soviet Union. Just that revolutionaries and early Communist Party leaders who were influential to independence were influenced by or spent time in the Soviet Union.
- alephnerd 2y agoBasically. Similar ideological (as in anti-authoritarian turned authoritarian) background. I have a thesis musting somewhere in Cambridge MA about this parallel.
- TrapLord_Rhodo 2y agoAs a layreader of history, i've noticed the more ideological, the more they are prone to authoritarianism. And it makes sense if you think about it. It's why paternalistic revolutions always devolve into authoritarian nonsense.
- newsclues 2y agoReminds me of the summer of 2020 in America
- AlexeyBelov 2y agoCan you elaborate?
- newsclues 2y agoWhat about it do you not know or understand about the civil unrest that occurred in America? When I googled “2020 summer of love riots” in the first results are the Wikipedia page and an article from the heritage foundation that both probably give you an idea
- AlexeyBelov 2y agoI didn't get the connection to the parent post: how and why it reminded you of 2020.