Destroying caste means destroying shastra and Veda authority, a near-impossible task.

Evidence

The destruction of caste is a reform which falls under the third category. To ask people to give up caste is to ask them to go contrary to their fundamental religious notions. It is obvious that the first and second species of reform are easy. But the third is a stupendous task, well-nigh impossible. The Hindus hold to the sacredness of the social order. Caste has a divine basis. You must therefore destroy the sacredness and divinity with which caste has become invested. In the last analysis, this means you must destroy the authority of the shastras and the Vedas. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 957

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

• DEEPTHINKING: Core of Ambedkar’s argument: caste destruction is categorically harder than other reforms because it targets religious foundations, and the only route is destroying scriptural authority entirely.

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• Abolishing caste requires destroying the sacred authority of shastras (similarity 0.96)
• Destroying caste requires denying shastra authority outright, as Buddha and Nanak did. (similarity 0.90)
• Only destroying shastra-based religion can break the caste system. (similarity 0.89)
• Caste can only be destroyed by attacking its religious foundations (similarity 0.89)
• Reform of caste requires denying scriptural authority, not reinterpreting it (similarity 0.89)
• Hinduism’s pervasiveness makes renouncing caste seem impracticable to many (similarity 0.88)
• Ambedkar argued that destroying caste required destroying its religious foundations, not just inter-caste marriages (similarity 0.85)
• Caste derives authority from shastras believed to be divinely commanded (similarity 0.85)
• Caste persists as a mental state, not a physical barrier. (similarity 0.85)
• Establishing worth-based chaturvarnya requires first dismantling the birth-based caste system. (similarity 0.85)
• Religious notions are the root mechanism sustaining India’s caste system. (similarity 0.85)
• Caste is a state of mind, so abolishing it requires a notional change. (similarity 0.85)
• Breaking caste destroys Brahmin power, so Brahmins cannot lead the movement. (similarity 0.84)
• Caste abolition would destroy Brahmin privilege, so no Brahmin will lead it (similarity 0.84)
• Outcaste status cannot be ended while caste hierarchy remains (similarity 0.83)