The amount of damage BS socio-economic systems like caste have done to human dignity is incalculable[1]. Some idiot ages ago (lets call them M) thought it was

The amount of damage BS socio-economic systems like caste have done to human dignity is incalculable[1]. Some idiot ages ago (lets call them M) thought it was a good idea to build a system where people could bake in a heirarchy that dictated and guard railed what one could do, be and have. M's f****ery was well recognized by BR Ambedkar(one of the founding fathers of the Constitution) who baked into the constitution that this was basically not just illegal but also we needed tons of affirmative action just to repair the damage. And it has not gone away. If someone(like I mistakenly did once) talks about equality to push back against reservation, they are missing the point. You have the luxury to not see, nigh rail, against what is never wrought on you. You may thus have the luxury to not see caste. You have to understand one thing. What ever the vedas, puranas and upanishads are or have , they have nothing[2] (atleast nothing remotely consistent) on the the modern form of jurisprudence present in most democracies i.e. no one who wrote those things seemed to care or understand anything about the idea of Equality, Liberty and Fraternity before the law. So if you hear someone say about indian culture was much more "advanced" socio-economically ages ago. Ask for context, Ask them about M[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manusmriti https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manusmriti [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manusmriti#Chronology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manusmriti#Chronology