The technique of non-violent direct action (satyagraha) has not been examined with reference to its application to a political system that claims to rest on legitimacy.
One thing is clear, as indeed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations recognizes, and this is that Human Rights must be universally recognized and applied.
There is reason to believe that ancient India was the cradle of tenets that form the core of modern day liberalism. Traditional Indian societies were generally pluralistic.
The main problem facing mankind today is freedom versus totalitarianism. All other problems and issues are either subordinate to this problem or merge in it.
The party system has been so ingrained everywhere in the modern world where democracy prevails that an alternative way of electing and supervising leaders of government seems unthinkable.
The sovereignty of the consumer, on which hinges rapid economic growth with social justice, and the sovereignty of the voter, the foundation of all democratic institutions, are but different aspects of a free citizen.