Gandhi, Mussolini, And Fanon Creates More Violence

Violence Creates More Violence
Violence was one of the most defining characteristics of the twentieth century. The violence caused by imperialism and decolonization are some examples of how violence was used in order to try and create political change. While many saw violence as necessary to accomplish their political goals others denounced it it as they believed it only pushed those changes further away. Some of these leaders were Gandhi, Mussolini, and Fanon. Gandhi in, Satyagraha, believed that non violence was the only way to make the colonizers see the suffering of the colonized. Fanon in, The Wretched of the Earth, argues that violence is only a response to decolonization, and that it is inevitable. Mussolini in, The …show more content…
Gandhi completely rejects violence against others, and only allows self harm, while Fanon see violence against others as inevitable in decolonization. Ghandi completely rejects the idea of harming others but believes that self harm can help cleanse and purify the soul. To Gandhi violence was only when one caused harm to others, but not when one did it to themselves. He argued that, “the doctrine came to mean vindication of truth not by infliction of suffering on the opponent but on one’s self”( Gandhi, pg.7). By them suffering, they won’t be able to think about Fanon like Mussolini saw violence as a mode of taking political action. In the “The Wretched of the Earth”, Fanon argues that violence is a part of the decolonization struggle. He begins by making the claim that there are two different identities, that of the colonizer and that of the colonized. He claims that the the colonists create an identity for the colonized. This identity is one in which the colonized are made to be “lacking in value” and “insensible to ethics(Fanon, pg.41). They also use “zoological terms” in order to “dehumanize the natives(Fanon, pg. 42). By doing this the colonizer creates mindset that the colonized are inferior and that therefore they must go in and save them. This then become their excuse to use violence. Once they go in …show more content…
In his Doctrine of Fascism, he argues that Fascism is the ideal way to run the government. Mussolini argues that “for Fascism the state is absolute”(Mussolini, pg.10). He doesn’t believe in people ruling themselves as with Democracy as he believes that the people are only “deluded into the belief that they exercise sovereignty, while all the real time sovereignty resides in and is exercised by other and sometimes irresponsible and secret forces”(Mussolini, pg.7). This he believes will only cause corruption and chaos in the state. It is therefore that he wants the power to lie in the state as he believes one leader, and one ideology will make it easier to stabilize and maintain the power of the government. In order for this to happen he must force everyone to fall under his command. In order for this to happen he will need to implement new ideas to them. This can be seen as a form of violence, as he is suppressing his people by taking away their voice, he will rid them of their individualistic ideas. If they decide to rebel, he will also not hesitate to use physical