He was also heavily influenced by Jainism whose principal tenant is non-violence. Gandhi was committed both to ending British colonialism and eradicating untouchability and extreme poverty in a move towards a form of ?equality' where everyone's contribution was equally valued. He desperately sought to maintain class harmony and while what he was proposing was radical to traditional notions of Hindu caste hierarchy, it was far less threatening than many of the other political movements that were gaining strength at the time such as Marxism, socialism, communism and other similar ideologies lead by individuals like Ambedkar and Nehru...
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While he was simultaneously advocating these two causes, Gandhi's principle goal until 1945 was to bring British occupation to an end and he felt that everyone else should also put all other causes aside till after independence was gained in order to avoid undermining the movement. Despite his insistence on non-violent means in the movie he says that ?poverty is the worst form of violence', which leads one to question how his philosophy would then justify ignoring the social problems that existed till after independence was achieved...
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