How does this even apply today? No one follows these rules today anyway. It's all propaganda against Hinduism. Also note India wasn't the only country like this. Infact many European last names are caste names, like "Potter", "Farmer", "Smith". Schwarzenegger in German means "Black Smith", his father was a blacksmith, He is the first to break out of his medieval caste job.
Caste is better than slavery which was practiced in the middle east, China and the West. Infact 400,000 slaves were liberated in the China in 1959 (approx date)!!. Remember the Manchu caste controlled the Chinese Empire and all bureaucratic jobs.
To this day, the Burakamin Untouchable caste in Japan faces continual job discrimination. Let's not forget the European untouchable caste of Gypsies also.
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Caste is better than slavery which was practiced in the middle east, China and the West. Infact 400,000 slaves were liberated in the China in 1959 (approx date)!!. Remember the Manchu caste controlled the Chinese Empire and all bureaucratic jobs.
To this day, the Burakamin Untouchable caste in Japan faces continual job discrimination. Let's not forget the European untouchable caste of Gypsies also.
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