Abolishing sub-castes may actually strengthen and entrench the larger castes.

Evidence

The second reason why I say the task is impossible will be clear, if you will bear in mind that the caste system has two aspects. In one of its aspects, it divides men into separate communities. In its second aspect, it places these communities in a graded order one above the other in social status. Each caste takes its pride and its consolation in the fact that in the scale of castes it is above some other caste. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 972 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Sub-castes vary more in status than castes do, invalidating sub-caste abolition first.; Caste hierarchy gives every group a stake in preserving the system. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 972; Caste Hindu reform organizations expected untouchables to accept subordinate roles

Related

• Caste hierarchy gives every group a stake in preserving the system. (similarity 0.90)
• Every caste member including Untouchables practises some Brahminism against lower groups (similarity 0.88)
• Sub-caste fusion is less practicable than cross-caste fusion. (similarity 0.87)
• Abolishing caste requires destroying the sacred authority of shastras (similarity 0.85)
• Caste labels perpetuate hierarchy because names carry fixed notions of birth-based rank. (similarity 0.84)
• Abolishing sub-castes may strengthen rather than dissolve castes. (similarity 0.84)
• Outcaste status cannot be ended while caste hierarchy remains (similarity 0.83)
• Graded inequality makes every caste level invested in preserving the hierarchy (similarity 0.83)
• Destroying caste means destroying shastra and Veda authority, a near-impossible task. (similarity 0.82)
• Ambedkar declared caste inequality must be rooted out, not merely untouchability (similarity 0.82)
• Sub-castes prove caste cannot rest on racial purity. (similarity 0.81)
• Reformers narrowed caste to untouchability to avoid land and wealth redistribution. (similarity 0.81)
• Caste abolition would destroy Brahmin privilege, so no Brahmin will lead it (similarity 0.81)
• Brahmins lead political reform but never join caste abolition (similarity 0.81)
• Hindu reformers reframed caste as untouchability to avoid addressing economic exploitation. (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Caste hierarchy gives every group a stake in preserving the system. #corroborates (0.60) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 972
• Caste Hindu reform organizations expected untouchables to accept subordinate roles #corroborates (0.55)