Divided Society Quotes
Officially the caste system has been abolished by Indian legislation, and the Brahmins have no more legal rights or authority than any other people. Yet culturally, they maintain an attitude of superiority, and dominate what they refer to as the lower casts to the degree that they can. In this quotation, a major Brahmin organization was trying to secretly organize Brahmins to resist the political consciousness raising that was ongoing in the lower casts of the area. Class reform in India is very difficult because cultural tradition is often more controlling than law. And legal rights must be exercised for them to be meaningful.
Trump, in the 2016, Presidential Campaign viciously attacked not only his Republican opponents for the Republican Nomination, but almost every other Republican leader, the Republican National Committee members and the “Establishment Republicans.” He not only called them names, and ridiculed them and their families, but he lied extensively about each of his opponents and the Republican National Committee. Trump also alienated women, Hispanics, Muslims across the country. The Republican party was fractured and there were great resentments. Many blamed Tump for the Party cleavage. However, what is interesting about this quotation is that Roy admits that there were huge cleavages within the party as the Result of the Tea Party Republicans intransigence before Trump entered the campaign. He just took advantage of it and used it to his advantage. Roy at this time saw the Republican splits and resentments as too deep to be able to bring the party together shortly. The split persevered.
This quotation is very important in that this is the first record that Lincoln had any doubts that he might not be able to preserve the Union.
