_the mind virus_ @Full_marx@qoto.org

@Karthikdeva

There are three boxes that one can tick

- general
-OBC (other backward c.)
-SC/ST (scheduled c, scheduled tribe.)

@freemo Now you tell me what stops an affluent person from ticking general.

@freemo @Karthikdeva

It is illegal to look up somebody's caste.

People generally bribe their way through it.

@freemo @Karthikdeva @static @_lunawinters Foreigners are not assigned caste.

I don't have a caste certificate.

Most temples don't ask you to show a caste certificate before entering, that is the most absurd thing I have heard. I say most because I can't represent the nation, but in 29 years of my existence I have never been asked my caste certificate.

I doubt it is something people carry in their wallets.

My mom is from Kanyakumari, tip of south India, rampant caste issues, yet never asked for caste certificate.

I don't look south indian maybe that's why.

but my grandma used to say that lower caste wasn't allowed in these temples before independence.

Then Savarkar and Gandhi started forcing these dalits to sit inside temples and now nobody checks.

yes the same savarkar that created the Hindutva ideology of a caste less india.

@freemo @Karthikdeva The caste certificate is defended by the lower caste themselves.

They say they need it to claim reservations.

Now if we try removing the certificate, they say we are discriminating against centuries of oppression.

If we keep it, the west calls us cow dung worshipers.

What a double whammy no?

That's why I'm Right Wing.

@Karthikdeva @freemo

I said it was one of the ways people ended up broadcasting caste.

Not the only way.

Anyway even I'm just Blue Skying the possible reasons!!

@freemo @Karthikdeva

India offers quotas for lower castes.

Quotas in college admission, government jobs etc.

Many people in villages try to claim the benefits under the quotas.

some need it, some are there for the freebies.

that's another way people end up broadcasting their caste

there are many affluent people who may be living next door to you, and you wouldn't even know that they were untouchable

if you have money you can renounce caste

This is where the conversation of abolishing caste based reservation comes in. Analysts say that if we stop distributing freebies on the basis of caste. People will just stop identifying themselves as lower caste.

The left is vehemently opposed to this, and now it is a raging debate in our country.

this may stop the ghettoisation observed in villages

@adolfhonkler @freemo

This is what happens when you let them stay at home after they have crossed the age of 5.

In India we put our kids to work.

All our mirrors are safe and sound.

@adolfhonkler @freemo

Looks like quite a shattering experience.

Our generation cannot live without mirrors.

we have mirrors powered by electricity now

and mirrors that make us look prettier too

I don't think you lost a lot when you shattered your mirror, it was redundant anyway.

@adolfhonkler @freemo

Do they still make these?

@adolfhonkler @freemo

Caps lock button is to the left grandpa!! 😅

@adolfhonkler @freemo

firstly, Ok, boomer.

secondly, welcome to the remix age.

@freemo

"Never considered the similarity" -- very sceptical of this statement😅

AS ABOVE,
SO BELOW

It's amusing how when you're typing

qoto.org

in your address bar, one may accidentally type

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Hello Mr. Crowley, it's been long !!

@stux

I'm also learning.

Trying to build a nice python bot.

So lazy though!!

@freemo

Much like the caste system, A capitalistic system also rewards you based on your birth.

Kids born in Norway enjoy much better infrastructure and services than those born in Dhaka

Disparity problems are inherent and ingrained in the current system on earth.

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Humanity needs to reward people on the basis of what they do for the betterment of society.

This means we need to create a new social system, powered by microprocessors. As the human mind cannot be trusted to be free of greed, malce and other corruptions.

Governance by Artificial Intelligence.

Let the engineers figure out how to implement the new social system. While the social scientists create the operating principle.

But we need to start by thinking of this new order first.

We shouldn't be scared of exploring taboo ideas.

One discovers a gem only after sifting through dirt.

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#programming #philosophy #india #JNU

@stux

Instance specific changes?
for misted.social?

@freemo

Manusmriti was written in 2nd Century BC.

Ofcourse its a human rights violation!!

Violating human rights was a trend back then.

But I don't have any qualms about entertaining it as a thought experiment.

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Untouchability Root Cause

So the social constitution Manusmriti 1.0 was enforced in capital cities. These are medieval urban centres. Trader Hubs. Centers for Thought.

It also stretched to less populated areas around urban centers.

But there also existed vast human settlements that generally went unaccounted for. Tribals, Adivasis, those disconnected by geography.

Anybody moving into an urban centre had to start from the bottom. This put all migrants at a disadvantage. But they could enter nonetheless. There was no restriction as such.

So when Manusmriti 2.0 came about, the Brahmins shameless blocked their entry into the system altogether. They modified it yet again. Welcome Manusmriti 3.0

When people asked questions, the brahmins (who were rampantly feeding superstitions and rituals at that time) used their influence to convince the masses that these migrants were impure and should be avoided at all costs.

Some theorists say that the trader classes wanted it this way, as these migrants could now be used as slave labour.
Remember that Traders were big donators to brahmins. Brahmins always survived on alms.

Fucking Beggars!!

The Brahmins hence declared them untouchable.

And here we are today. 2000 years later.