Economic reform cannot succeed without prior social-order reform in India

Evidence

One can thus attack the doctrine of economic interpretation of history adopted by the socialists of India. But I recognise that the economic interpretation of history is not necessary for the validity of the socialist contention that equalisation of property is the only real reform and that it must precede everything else. However, what I would like to ask the socialists is this: Can you have economic reform without first bringing about a reform of the social order? The socialists of India do not seem to have considered this question. … I do not wish to do them an injustice. I give below a quotation from a letter which a prominent socialist wrote a few days ago to a friend of mine, in which he said, “I do not believe that we can build up a free society in India so long as there is a trace of this ill-treatment and suppression of one class by another. Believing as I do in a socialist ideal, inevitably I believe in perfect equality in the treatment of various classes and groups. I think that socialism offers the only true remedy for this as well as other problems.” — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 852

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 852
• XREF: connects to: Socialism in India cannot succeed without first solving social reform.; Caste-preordained occupations guarantee social inefficiency; Caste and capitalism fused into a uniquely Indian economic alloy (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Socialism in India cannot succeed without first solving social reform. #corroborates (0.85)
• Power cannot self-realize but depends on societal-structural conditions for legitimacy #complicates (0.72)
• Individual and social liberation must be waged together but not assumed interdependent #qualifies (0.65)
• Untouchability is the root cause of Dalit poverty and national backwardness #corroborates (0.60)
• Caste-preordained occupations guarantee social inefficiency #qualifies (0.50)
• Caste and capitalism fused into a uniquely Indian economic alloy #exemplifies (0.50)