Indeed, Gandhi can sound frighteningly unrealistic: “The willing sacrifice of the innocent is the most powerful answer to insolent tyranny that has yet been conceived by God or man. Disobedience, to be ‘civil,’ must be sincere, respectful, restrained, never defiant, and it must have no ill will or hatred behind it.
De hecho, Gandhi puede parecer tremendamente irrealista: “El sacrificio voluntario del inocente es la respuesta más potente a la tiranía insolente que hasta ahora hayan concebido Dios o el hombre.