has america ever had a cast system? does it exist today? how would you compare india to america?

Answer 1

In my opinion.... Yes America has a cast system. Were born into familes of religious backgrounds,warrior/soldier background,merchant/entrepeneur background,and a regular blue collar background. The difference between USA and India is that we(USA) are not bound to this cast system either by our religion unless we are Hindu or by our culture. The cast system in India still exist today. This system is given a dinvine sanction (approval) Its given a cosmic orgin. The whole structure of the HINDU society mirrors the cosmos. By following your cast you will avoid rebirth which is the goal of the Hindu religion. Their was once a leader of a great army that could not decide whether to lead his men into battle and kill thousands and thousands of man. Doing this will bring him Karma and rebirth. Until **** revealed to him as long as he acts within his cast he will avoid rebirth and karma.

Answer 2

Well for starters the word is spelled caste and to answer your first question, no the US does not have a caste system like India. A caste system is more geared to a society that is based on the Hindu religion (like India for example). Some still believe that India is a third world country. I think that India has a different outlook on the world then the United States.

Answer 3

The USA has never had a caste system and never will because the Constitution guarantees Pursuit of Life, Liberty and Happiness to all.

Does it exist today? Yes a caste system is unfortunately working in USA today. When people from India come to the USA they bring their religion and customs with them and one of the customs they bring with them is their very fixed ideas about their place and their children's place in society. That is why we see so many Asian Indians in the retail grocery business, the motel business and the like. That is what they were in India and they make it almost impossible for their children to break out of the caste system despite the fact they are free to do so here.

Answer 4

It has and has had a class system, which, if you ask me, is a type of caste system. For example, sociologically, people speak of an upper upper class of old money (e.g. possibly the Vanderbilts and the Rockefellers). An upper middle class exists (maybe like the Bouvier family to which Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy belonged). An upper lower class is maybe the bourgeousie and/or nouveau riche, who do not hold the same status as those families which have been wealthy for many generations. We hear of the upper middle class, the middle class and the lower middle class, as well as the upper lower, middle lower and lower lower class. Many people undoubtedly are more indigent than the "lower lower class". At one time it was very difficult to move between social classes. It probably still is. George W. Bush and Laura Bush seem to be of similar backgrounds, and George W. Bush allegedly is a kissing cousin to John Kerry. I think I remember reading that Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford were distant cousins.

An even more rigid and stratified system exists still within the British aristocracy, although it seems to be changing a fair bit with contemporary times. The British class system has often been criticized. Who, for example, was considered to be eligible to marry Prince Charles when he married Princess Diana?

As well, a form of Apartheid existed through formal segregation, and a lot of informal segregation still exists. A stigma in North America regarding marriages between blacks and whites remains in a general way, and the stigma shows up in intermarriages between other races as well. It seems to be a cultural phenomenon, since races seem to intermix more freely and without a stigma in certain other cultures such as those of Moslems and South Americans. Human beings normally and by nature interbreed freely, so the factor is social and not biological predisposition. Pecking orders are very much a part of life in our society, and, combined with social class distinctions certainly seem to render a type of caste system in North America.

Answer 5

The word you are looking for is 'caste' and yes we have a loosely based system like India. The politicians belong to one, where only they know what is good for everyone, regardless of how many people they destroy. The rich and wealthy are another for some of the same reasons. And the poor don't really think that they belong to any caste, but are generally just what they are, poor.

Answer 6

Yes, we have a decimal caste system in the US.

The more numerals to the left of the decimal in your bank account balance, the higher your caste.

India and America are both rather corrupt "democracies", or more properly, India is a corrupt socialist democracy while the US is a corrupt constitutional republic.

Both are nuclear powers.

Answer 7

Yes, but not in any formal sense. We have a political and social aristocracy, people who are born into money who have it made (Hilton, Rodham, Kennedy, Bush, Gore). But, with a little luck and a lot of hard work, anyone can move up (Justice Clarence Thomas, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates).

Answer 8

sure it does right now. the republicans and everyone else