Caste’s sole achievement is disorganizing and demoralizing Hindus

Evidence

Caste does not result in economic efficiency. Caste cannot improve, and has not improved, race. Caste has, however, done one thing. It has completely disorganised and demoralised the Hindus. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 871

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

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• Hindus form warring self-interested caste groups rather than an integrated society. (similarity 0.84)
• Caste as an economic system destroys efficiency because stigma makes workers despise their occupations (similarity 0.82)
• Hinduism’s pervasiveness makes renouncing caste seem impracticable to many (similarity 0.81)
• Abolishing caste requires destroying the sacred authority of shastras (similarity 0.81)
• Caste preservation overrides any sense of duty to improve others’ condition. (similarity 0.81)
• Caste destroys the social cement that produces fellow-feeling and collective strength. (similarity 0.79)
• Caste prevents the shared activity that would unite Hindus socially. (similarity 0.79)
• Outcaste status cannot be ended while caste hierarchy remains (similarity 0.79)
• Non-Hindu castes are counterbalanced by integrative ties absent among Hindus. (similarity 0.79)
• Destroying caste means destroying shastra and Veda authority, a near-impossible task. (similarity 0.79)
• Caste persists because it is a sacred notion, not a physical barrier. (similarity 0.79)
• Caste observance stems from religious belief, not human malice. (similarity 0.78)
• Caste Hindus wanted to exclude Untouchables while denying those excluded any power of self-determination. (similarity 0.78)
• Caste differs from mere grouping by religious sacralization of exclusiveness (similarity 0.78)
• Caste is compared to racism only through descent-based discrimination, not identity of forms (similarity 0.78)