>>212932425The Mercantile-Priestly class was against anything that could improve quality of life for the average fella that he did not have to shill a fortune to obtain. Trees lining the road? Not efficient, cut them down.Take some fruits growing on a tree on public land? Get your fingers chopped. Fresh air? No, you have to live in squalor. Water source to build a well upon in your own fields waiting to be tapped? Noooooo, you have to supplicate yourself on floor in front of your local Kshatriya warlord, Brahmin priest who has the title to your land and the Vaishya merchant who won't even let you employ artisans and masons from the local guilds without permission from the other two.