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I mean, literally invented by the Brahmin elite to keep their slaves in line and shut up anyone who dares complain. Making people swallow oppression as justice. So no wonder nobody tries to fix society when they're too busy believing they earned their suffering
India's failure to ever unify that vast land under one enduring empire, and the fact that a handful of Muslim warriors once seized most of its territory, can't just be dismissed as coincidence. Every society needs ambition the sense of "I can do this, I want to rise higher!" but the Buddhist and Hindu idea of reincarnation kills that drive. If people believe their place is simply the result of karma, or that they must patiently wait for the next life, then of course they stop fighting for change in this one.
Sure, Europe also did plenty of strange and oppressive things in the Middle Ages under the excuse of "God’s will." But here's the difference: Europe eventually overcame that stage. They broke free from a purely God-centered worldview and shifted toward a human-centered one, which fueled the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and modern progress. In contrast, India never made that same leap, because Buddhism and Hinduism kept people chained to the idea that their place in life was predetermined by karma and rebirth.
in shor,t both just trap people in endless cycles, keeping them powerless
