The main focus, as the title suggests, was the critique of modern civilization. The editor seems to me, to be pretty much complaining about everything going on. It’s good to have pride in one’s country, but I feel that the pride the editor is showing is prejudice. I mean, the editor talks about home-rule, or swaraj, and how he is a total believer of it. Swaraj is a good principle, but I feel that one country, alone, being independent, is not a great equation for success. Take in America’s case, our push for independence was based a lot on the feeling of nationality. But if

In chapter 6, Gandhi discusses the situation of social and economical classes, called the caste system in India. He wants to diffuse the whole system. I, myself, am a believer in classes. If someone, perhaps, is in the lower class, and see how someone in the upper class lives, the poorer person will have more of an incentive to work harder and make something of themselves. If everyone was equal, then what would be the point of going the extra mile, taking that one step forward when everyone else stops. I am a believer in free enterprise, and social inequality goes hand in hand with free enterprise. Not everyone has a rich uncle that dies and gives a couple of million to all their nieces and nephews. When someone starts with little and makes a lot, they have a lot of self pride and confidence, and it is motivation for others to work hard. If their was no goal to shoot for, as in the case with social and economic classes, would anyone try to achieve more than the next person? I just believe that while equality is great in some senses, such as voting, and due process, and the right to life, liberty, and property, in the general interest and welfare of a state, it is not for the best.

it was not for the British, and its influences, America would not be like it is today. For instance, Congress is based on British Parliament. With out outside influences, a countries views may not be as broad as they would if they would have been weathered and altered because of other views of other nations.

In part 6, the editor continues his bashing, this time moving to civilization in general. He bashes people that buy into the whole idea. He calls civilization a disease, one that is curable, but one that infects the English people. I feel he’s just running his mouth. He uses almost 100 lines in the book to bash civilization, but in my view, he never really stat

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