The cast system was practically no different from the class
system of most civilized societies. It was a system of governance
that is demonstrated in colonies of ants and bees. It was also
generic to the hieratical systems used to classify workers, with
respect to their academic achievements and social status.
As a result of human greed and vanity it developed into an
extremely oppressive system of discrimination and tyranny.
In today's society we basically have the Upper Class, the Middle
Class and the Lower Class. The upper class has created structures
that engage in preferential treatment for their clan. Form the
education of their children to the food they eat, the clothes they
wear, the way they socialize, their security, their health care and
their preferential influence.
There is a system called democracy, which is purported to
engender social equity and parity but you can discern a sinister
capitalist agenda dictating Governmental policies.
Sometimes the determination of an operating system as good or
bad relies upon the integrity of the operator.
In today's society, we are grouped into Upper class, Middle
class and Lower class - mainly by the money we earn and by the
background and education we have had. However, the caste system is
not organised by money, this is one of the wonderful aspects of the
caste system; money had no role in determining the fate of a
person. A rich trader (Vaishya), however rich he was, was still a
trader. A warrior (Kshatriya) could enjoy power and respect, but
earned them only by fighting and defending the Brahmins, Vaishyas
and Shudras. A Brahmin was not closest to Moksha because of his
money - the Brahmins live the life of a frugal person without any
luxuries - but because of his beliefs.
