Caste reform cannot succeed while the Brahmin intellectual vanguard opposes it.

Evidence

When such an intellectual class, which holds the rest of the community in its grip, is opposed to the reform of caste, the chances of success in a movement for the break-up of the caste system appear to me very, very remote. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 971

Categorization

• QUESTION: How did caste reform ultimately scale anyway if Ambedkar saw the vanguard problem as near-fatal here?
• XREF: connects to: Born Brahmins cannot be expected to lead anti-caste revolution.; Breaking caste destroys Brahmin power, so Brahmins cannot lead the movement. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 961; Intellectuals cut off from popular passion become a bureaucratic caste unable to make history (+1 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Born Brahmins cannot be expected to lead anti-caste revolution.; Breaking caste destroys Brahmin power, so Brahmins cannot lead the movement. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 961; Intellectuals cut off from popular passion become a bureaucratic caste unable to make history (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Born Brahmins cannot be expected to lead anti-caste revolution. #expands (0.92)