Journal: Hind Swaraj and Beyond a Boundary

In the reading of Hind Swaraj by Ghandi talks about how the introduction of machinery had helped enslave the people India because people are now viewed as replaceable and not valued quite as much as they were in the past. The skilled work that they would be payed a lot for isn’t as efficient as that of machine that doesn’t need food, rest nor pay. He talks about a government in the form of Swaraj where India can rule itself and that only the corrupt within India are able to save themselves from their own selfishness. Although he makes good arguments about why the machines are oppressing India I believe that the machines can be simply used in a different manner whilst allowing people of India to be free. In Beyond a Boundary by C.L.R James he writes about how Britain has brainwashed the children in the classroom of Britain being the most important thing in the world. However with this mindset it prevents these children from thinking freely and being allowed to explore. In both readings the Elite class of India and Britain have different ways of controlling their people, but they don’t care as long as they benefit from this way of thinking. In the enslavement of people in India they’re essentially making a physical cage while the British government uses the education system to make a mental one, but in the end both are used to serve the same purpose.