Everyone on the earth knows that there were four castes in ancient India, although modern India legally abolished the caste system, but in fact, in the deep concept of Indians, the caste system is still buried in the heart, and the caste system is really deeply rooted in India. For example, in modern Indian society, when the wind and the sun are beautiful, everyone is happy and equal, and if you want to distinguish at this time, then you can go to the Ganges, and the more religious the Ganges, the lower the human race. And when it's "stormy", you can only pull out the Shudra in the haystack, and the Shudra will not threaten the high caste.
The caste system of ancient Indian society was formed after the invasion of the Aryans, the Aryans divided people into four castes (Brahmins, Chatili, Vedas, Shudras), under this system each caste was responsible for some specific content, such as Brahmins responsible for sacrifice and transmission of oracles, Chatri responsible for governing the country and conquest, Vedas responsible for farming, handicrafts and trade, Shudra was mainly a sharecropper or hired farmer, or in the city responsible for engaging in "unclean" trade, but today there are also some slightly decent work, For example, among the Buddha's disciples, the first ordained Upanishads, was a hairdresser (some sources say that he was still a court barber), so Sudra was not actually the lowest in Indian society. Although Shudra is known as the "untouchable" class, there is actually a more lowly class under this class called the "untouchables", who are engaged in some of the dirtier tasks, such as cleaning cesspools, carrying coffins, carrying corpses and burning corpses, and butchers and executioners. "Untouchables" are excluded from the four castes, which means that they cannot even be mixed with castes, even if they are mixed with one discriminated caste.
Undoubtedly, the four-caste system is a very strange social system, but I believe that there must be many people who do not know that in fact, there is a more bizarre design under the four-caste system, that is, the "rebirth" system. Of the four castes, the first three castes (Brahmins, Shaktis, and Vedas) can be reborn, that is, there is an afterlife, so they are also called "regenerating tribes", while Sudras cannot be reborn, so they are also called "lifetimes", that is, there is only one lifetime and no future lives. The "untouchables" under The Shudra will have no afterlife. In fact, I have always been very ignorant of this design of the Aryans, and for the Indian people with persistent beliefs in the afterlife, if according to their beliefs, where did the Sudra and the "untouchable" come from? In this regard, I can only sigh that the brain circuits of the three brothers are really not something that my Han nation can understand.
But this is not what I want to explore in this article, I want to explore what the lowest caste sudra in India has in common with the "non-saving people" in the United States.
First, let's take a look at what are the characteristics of the Indian Sudra. As mentioned earlier, Shudra is non-renewable, only one lifetime, that is to say, no matter what you do in this life, there will be no future life, think about it, if a person can not have an afterlife even if he is a devout practitioner, then it does not matter whether he does good and evil in this life, what will be the person's life philosophy in this case? Yes, have fun! Have fun in time, have fun fully, grasp the joy, no need to save, no need to accumulate, no need to make long-term plans, because you will never become rich, become a superior person. Many people don't understand why the state of the bottom people in India seems to be carefree and happy than the rich, and the root cause is actually here. From the point of view of faith, if all actions are meaningless, then happiness now is the most meaningful.
Speaking of which, some people must be in a hurry, "What does this have to do with the "non-saving people" in the United States? Okay, now let's talk about the American philosophy of "no-money" life.
In the United States in India, no, in the United States, why do so many people not save money? Even if you have some money, you don't save it, and you have to spend it in the fray? Of course, you can name a lot of reasons, but there is one reason, I think many people are not very clear, this reason is related to the Us welfare system.
In the United States, if a person goes bankrupt or is below the minimum standard of living, then the U.S. government will give welfare subsidies, but there is a premise, that is, your income should be below the income line approved by the government, and if your income or savings exceed this standard on any day, the subsidy will be cancelled immediately. For example, there is a more typical example of an American who wants to rent a house, but the person's monthly income may be just $2,000, and the monthly rent of the house he wants to rent is $1,300. This matter is placed in China, I estimate that no one will generally do this, this seems really unreliable, after paying the rent left 700 yuan, do not live? In fact, in the United States, it does not look reliable, but the government came, and the government said that this person's monthly income was low, and the government subsidized 1,000 yuan per month for rent. You might ask this American if he has a dad in government? No, he only made a subsidy application in advance, and his conditions were in line with the subsidy policy. You might say, "Isn't that nice, and what does this have to do with the four Indian castes?" What is the similarity with Sudra? "Mo Urgent, you listen to me slowly.
This American can't have money, he can't save money, if he makes $10,000, he can't save, he has to think about how to spend it, otherwise he won't be able to spend $1,000 next month. Then you ask how will the government know? Because all of this American's bank accounts are known to the government and can be consulted at any time.
Therefore, there are many Americans who lazily earn money under this sweet system but spend money hard, they are like the Sudra in India, there is no possibility of becoming rich, there is no possibility of becoming a superior person, they cannot have savings, they must spend the money in their hands to live a carefree life, they are a happy family, they are a "happy" non-saving family. They don't need to think about tomorrow, they don't need to plan for the future, because if they only think about the future for tomorrow, then they will immediately lose their happiness and happiness and enter the hard-working and painful struggle.
They are the spiritual "Sudras" of the American welfare system, and they have no future, only today.