Social Welfare
A lot of things proposed in this section are already implemented by many countries today. Since this was written in 1977 I wonder if there was a particular country's social welfare program that ZAPU was inspired by.
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- May 2020
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In this respect, military education and training in a national liberation movement and among the people is regarded as an integral part of the revolution. The goal is development of a political-military force of the masses
The ZAPU's plan for a military was carefully thought out. Their emphasis military training and education reminds me of Machiavelli's The Prince when he mentioned that being successful in war requires studying the art of the war. ZAPU realizes it's important for its military to focus on strength and strategy.
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- Apr 2020
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a people who have fought side by side with the Allies against the Fascists during these last years, such a people must be free and independent.
I think it was kind of a slap in the face to the Vietnamese to be involved with a great deal of an international affair and still not be recognized as free and independent.
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the French will occupy all or destroy all.
Ho Chi Minh feels the French pose a great threat because they will either take everything that belongs to Vietnam or they'll destroy everything Vietnam has.
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I am dead certain that no country can conquer India.
For a newly independent nation, Nehru displayed a strong sense of confidence. It's important to establish this so that other nations do not immediately deem India as a weak state. I think Nehru is also positive about India's potential and he wants other nations to be aware of that.
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Nothing can equal the seeds sown by our ancestors
In this section, I think Gandhi is trying to explain that India's true civilization is their tradition and culture. Unlike other peripheries despite how many time the metropole constantly tried to change their way of life, the people of India still continued to embrace their own culture and values.
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Civilization: Its Cause and Cure. Therein he has called it a disease.
Gandhi's explanation for what he thinks civilization means offered an insight that's completely different from colonizer's. Gandhi pointed out the other connotations of civilization that expose the darker things about it.
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b) the colonies and the dependent countries, oppressed and exploited by finance capital, constitute a vast reserve and a very important source of strength for imperialism;
It is interesting how colonies/dependent countries support the foundation of imperialism yet there are the ones being taken advantage of and oppressed.
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the principle of self-determination of nations was usually misinterpreted, and not infrequently it was narrowed down to the idea of the right of nations to...cultural autonomy, i.e., the right of oppressed nations to have their own cultural institutions, leaving all political power in the hands of the ruling nation
Stalin acknowledged that ruling nations commonly mistaken the meaning of self-determination. Stalin clearly has a different perspective opposed to other leaders.
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These slogans should be persistently repeated until the very last individual has come to grasp the idea that has been put forward.
This line made me think about political campaign slogans. Many of us might recognize the slogan of a political candidate but know little about their agenda. It's show how easily a simple saying can stick with a person even if it carries a complex ideology.
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the prevention of the establishment of fortifications or military and naval bases and of military training of the natives for other than police purposes and the defence of territory
There's a clear contrast between the conditions set for territories in the Turkish empire and those set for territories in Central Africa. When the Mandatories used their power to prevent territories in Central Africa from developing their own military, did they do it out of fear? It did not seem like the Mandatories would be offering any guidance to Central African territories help them become independent eventually like what had been suggested for the Turkish territories.
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the tutelage of such peoples should be entrusted to advanced nations who by reason of their resources, their experience or their geographical position can best undertake this responsibility
It appears that criteria of who could be Mandatories was strategically planned so countries like England could designate themselves into these positions.
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In our time nations are great only through the activity they deploy; it is not by spreading the peaceable light of their institutions ... that they are great, in the present day.
Ferry has an interesting perspective on what he believes makes a nation successful. If a nation can exert its military power it is more respectable than a nation with an improving society. Ferry is promoting France's potential capability over values. I think the neighboring countries of France had a direct influence on the country.
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- Mar 2020
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The prehistoric man was cursing us, praying to us, welcoming us—who could tell? We were cut off from the comprehension of our surroundings; we glided past like phantoms, wondering and secretly appalled, as sane men would be before an enthusiastic outbreak in a madhouse. We could not understand because we were too far and could not remember because we were travelling in the night of first ages, of those ages that are gone, leaving hardly a sign—and no memories.
Conrad instantly exposed the common mindset of many English travelers. His choice of language, using words like prehistoric and first ages, indicated that he saw the foreigners as savage and uncivilized. In this particular moment it's evident that entitlement, lack of knowledge and confusion fuel Conrad's ignorance.
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