i was using ghandi as an example of moral force, and its use, through inspiring millions of desperately exploited people. putting his agenda under a microscope wasn't my intention!

i think another point to make is that force against totalitarianism is a martyr's job.

 snark is better for sinking dictatorships.

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty