11-14-2018, 12:23 PM
(11-14-2018, 10:12 AM)Hintergrund Wrote: Vipras? Why not Brahmins?
Good question. The Brahmin class consists of a hereditary priesthood within Hinduism, which would not thrive without a class of well-trained priests indoctrinated from early childhood to be what they are. This class has kept Indian society together from before Rome was an Empire.
This is not the whole of the intellectual class that includes physicians, attorneys, scientists, professors, teachers, engineers, accountants, etc.
It looks as if the Brahmin class has remained credible in India by not becoming a self-indulgent, exploitative, tyrannical, reckless, and ruthless elite. Castes may remain in India, but some classes become more powerful at times -- in the sequence of warriors, intellectuals, entrepreneurs, and (for a short time) laborers, only for the laborers to create a quick opening for warriors again.
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