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Mandela was a pragmatist. Non-violence was a tactic that fit the strategic need.
by mcantelon 13y ago
Mandela was a pragmatist. Non-violence was a tactic that fit the strategic need.
- lennel 13y agotactic yes, but also a great appeal to his humanist intellectual position.
- capex 13y agoHe could've been out of jail in a moment if he ever wanted to be a pragmatist.
- Crito 13y agoWould leaving jail under those circumstances have helped his cause? If not, then doing so would not have been pragmatic.