>Nobody seems to question why such a system (varna/jati/caste) exists in the first place. Probably because it's assumed that reasonable know the answer: otheri

>Nobody seems to question why such a system (varna/jati/caste) exists in the first place. Probably because it's assumed that reasonable know the answer: othering people and out-group hostility are utterly pervasive, even "natural" human behaviors. >in fact, all the people crying for meritocracy are going to come running back to this system when they realize it is designed to be 100% meritocractic. Unfalsifiable claims incoming! >because it takes into account actions of your previous birth(s), not just the current birth. You didn't even attempt to hide it. Boring. >if you agree that not all humans are born equal (some are healthy, some disabled, some rich, some poor etc.), then there must be a reason for it. Yes. It's how biology works. That's it, no need to order your understanding of the world around how the lottery of birth _must_ be a righteous and perfect outcome. >If the reason is anything other than 'it is the result of your own actions', and you find that reason acceptable Again, it's just biology. Whether or not I find it "acceptable" is a total non sequitur. >then by extension, you have no problem with the government punishing YOU when I steal from a shop, or rewarding ME when YOU save a child from a fire. Reminder that you've constructed this "logic" upon a total non sequitur, completely divorced from Reality. >Because you have already accepted that anyone's actions can affect anyone else, or that random consequences can happen to anyone. I'm not sure this even follows if I were to accept all your claims so far. Which I don't. Because they are very silly and clearly false. >And as is the case with any ranking system in any profession in any ethnicity in country at any time, it is always the lowest ranks that complain about a lack of equality. Funny, that. Those pesky inferiors are always complaining about their lot in life. Claiming cosmic meritocracy as a justification for an _absence_ of meritocracy in the here and now ... it's always a funny thing to see the tortured logic of the truly privileged.