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Gandhi is maybe the global figure whose reputation has declined the most in the last 30 years, not even from reevaluation so...

kontextmaschine:

kontextmaschine:

Gandhi is maybe the global figure whose reputation has declined the most in the last 30 years, not even from reevaluation so much as no one particularly taking it up to maintain

Since the Ben Kingsley movie the only time he really comes up is in regards to the Civilization nuke-happy thing, which was apparently a myth?

Like the wraparound overflow integer story apparently does not correspond to the actual programming, just India was optimized for tech research so you were more likely to see Gandhi add the “OUR WORDS ARE BACKED BY THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS” bit to his Diplomacy lines