Brahminism blocks cross-caste solidarity by blurring who is victim and oppressor
Evidence
Brahminism precludes the possibility of social or political solidarity across caste lines. As an administrative system, it is pure genius. “A single spark can light a prairie fire” was Mao Zedong’s famous message to his guerrilla army. Perhaps. But Brahminism has given us in India a labyrinth instead of a prairie. And the poor little single spark wanders, lost in a warren of firewalls. Brahminism, Ambedkar said, “is the very negation of the spirit of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity”. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 134
Categorization
- ADDENDUM: Connects to the interest in how hierarchies are maintained and resisted, though none of the three articles directly covers caste; the labyrinth-vs-prairie metaphor for social control is broadly relevant to ‘Grafting & Growth’ only tangentially. Weaker match; likely not ADDENDUM.
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 134
- XREF: connects to: Brahmins will never lead a movement that dissolves their own caste power; Priesthood reform is the lever to abolish caste by killing Brahminism.; Caste prevents the shared activity that would unite Hindus socially. (+4 more)