The Beatles And Gandhi Similarities

Non-Violent They wonder if music and non-violence have something in common. For the first look, not so much. However, if they think deep enough, it is easy to find some similarities in history. The Beatles and Mahatma Gandhi, known as Gandhi, shared a lot of similarities yet were very different. In spite of differences the men had common opinions. They were using peaceful methods, influenced all of the fans, and had many enemies. The world famous singers The Beatles and Gandhi are both extremely non-violent, but in the end still had enemies. Both The Beatles and Gandhi have fans that respond in intense physical ways beyond their reach. The Beatles fans followed the long hair fashion for men. Before fans started copying them, hairstyles
Gandhi followed his own philosophy. It is hard to believe what anyone can have against Gandhi. He was entirely harmless. Gandhi did not have political power and never forced anyone to follow his philosophy. “Gandhi embraced aparigraha, requiring a rejection of material possessions that hindered spiritual development (an extension of his belief that life close to earth was best); and he embraced samabhva, requiring that he work his deeds without emotion, without any desire to defeat an enemy” (American History). Gandhi’s enemies called him the destroyer of India, a betrayer because he made up his own rules to follow his life by. Many people hated his way of living and wanted to kill him. It is almost impossible to realize how much hatred and violence might have been unleashed from Gandhi trying to create and spread his philosophy to others (Black). Riots erupted between Gandhi’s followers and enemies. Both sides thought they were right and the other side was completely wrong. On the other hand, The Beatles had enemies of their own. Barbers disliked hippie fashions more than anyone. In the sixties it was not acceptable for boys to wear long hair or to wear colorful clothing and The Beatles promoted all of that (American History). Besides the fashion trends in music, The Beatles were hated because they demonstrated against United States policies, ecology, and wars and The Beatles followers followed behind them closely, and The Beatles
Gandhi organized peaceful protests. He taught his followers to accept their punishment for their actions “Mahatma Gandhi believed the best way to oppose tyranny was through non-violent, non-cooperation instead of armed resistance (Toler). One protest Gandhi stated was about The untouchables, they were children of God in Gandhi’s eyes. (American History). Untouchables were the lowest caste in India's society. Gandhi wanted to get rid of the caste system and make India a united country without discrimination. Gandhi used peaceful forms of protest by not fighting back. Gandhi and his followers started fasting when protests broke out (Toler). When protesters did fight back he would sometimes go on hunger strikes and not eat for weeks at a time. The Beatles found out instead of taking illegal drugs there is a better way to escape this