[yinyang_in]

Also not very sure about “origin” is this “idiotic system” as the ”word” itself doesn’t have native origin.

This seems like system like “dowry” which started with good intentions & still has value but has become a “daemon” in its own.

Still makes me think about origin, because origin usually has the solution to problems.

[inawarminister]

Isn't the original word for castes Varnas?

As a post-Hindu culture, we used to have the four castes (I think the Balinese still use them for marriages and stuffs), but never as strict as in India. Still, the generation that destroyed it (in the 1600s-1800s) found themselves stuck in another racist-classist caste system of Europeans on the top, "Orientals" on the middle, and natives on the bottom.

The solution to that was inverting the colonial racist system for a while. Fortunately we stopped after only 2-3 generations.

We still don't have perfect equality though - but much better than previously. One can not change his skin, but he can change his wealth level.

[unmole]

> Isn't the original word for castes Varnas?

Caste is used to refer to both Varna and Jati. OP is trying to pretend that the lexical gap implies that the caste system is of foreign origin.

[yinyang_in]

This is how problems solving attitude would like for real world.

So well put, in terms origin, problem & solutions.