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Originally Posted by Torquemada Coteaz  neo-Confuci-communists. yep thats what they are.
the thing is, I didn't really think the NAME of the caste mattered, just how it was divided. the caste system dictated that they'd be one assigned one role in life and stayed at that. just like how communist societies and economies are supposed to work. |
Except that Communism sought to do away with that sort of stratification. "To each according to their abilities..." and all that. People were expected to contribute according to their aptitudes, rather than remaining frozen in place based on their predecessors' occupations. Japanese Neo-Confucianism, as practiced under the Tokugawa regime, is the only version I know of that allows for zero social mobility.