Maybe they should form a book club.

Hillary Clinton, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and AOC's chief of staff Saikat Chakrabarti all need to read more 20th century history.

It's either that, or Chakrabarti idolizes ethnocentric fascist totalitarianism.

Below, see the recent photos which show AOC's chief of staff in a T-shirt homage to Subhas Chandra Bose.

Bose was not a very good guy. Indeed, in Bose's devoted allegiance to Nazi Germany and then Imperial Japan, one might suggest that to wear Bose's face is far more ludicrous than wearing that of Che Guevara. Before we get into Bose's life, here are the photos.



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Now onto why Bose wasn't such a good guy.

It begins during the 1939-1940 period when Bose led a failed revolt against British rule in India. Why the revolt? Not famine, not a particular act of injustice, but rather Bose's fury over the British Raj's support for war against Nazi Germany. His antics unsupported by Mahatma Gandhi, Bose then fled to Europe. Eventually finding himself in Berlin, Bose quickly made himself a useful propaganda tool for Adolf Hitler. His support for the Nazis would include the development of an Indian combat force to fight alongside the Wehrmacht.

Supporting the Nazi war effort is generally not a trait of praiseworthy individuals. But Bose has more.

Recognizing that the Nazis didn't actually regard him as anything other than a useful idiot, Bose then abandoned his men and headed to the Japanese empire. Here, Bose found his worth leading a Japanese proxy force, the Indian National Army. Bose thus served a mission to dominate the Indo-Pacific under a flag of totalitarian slavery and unbridled fascist-militarism. A cause, one might say, that isn't exactly liberal.

Fortunately, Britain and its American allies, including my grandfather, ended Bose and Imperial Japan's foul ambitions. India would soon thereafter find freedom. But Bose wouldn't see what Gandhi's better leadership brought: he died in 1945 when his plane crashed in present-day Taiwan.

In short, Bose was a pathetic creature who failed in ambition, in leadership, and in basic morality. Chakrabarti should have read more history during his time at Harvard.