Gandhi would often refer to the Indian weakness in resisting as the main reason for the British rule, in opposition to the mere preponderance of force of the English people. In Swaraj in One Year, he states that, while his people are weak in spite of their number, the British are weak in numbers, and that´s why they need to resort to terrorist actions. The important thing is that both of them are weak, and the weakening that both nations experience is no good for either of them nor for the rest of the world.
The Earth’s rotation creates an outward force that is highest at the equator and zero at the poles. Since the Earth is not perfectly solid throughout, this force results in the Earth being ‘squashed’ into a slightly flattened sphere.
