01-30-2018, 09:53 AM
(01-30-2018, 02:51 AM)treee Wrote: Obviously we don't literally have a codified class system, but it is an interesting thought experiment.
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It is not literally a caste system, clearly. But it certainly is something that resembles one.
This is one of the reasons why I said a latent caste system. I think it's very important to specify that in the conversation because, while I don't necessarily agree even a latent one exists, it is quite obvious that we don't have something as overt as what exists in India.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
