20240613_HierarchyOfNeeds&Caste_pen

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What if we map Maslow's hierarchy of needs to the hierarchy of caste in India, and other factors such as average economic status of each demographic?

Then it can be used as a logic to explain the caste/racial/ethnic divisions between people in Indian society and how they lead their lives according to fulfillment of their respective needs.

Fulfilling basic needs - real problems faced by the oppressed in society
Psychological needs - unreal problems faced by more privileged people
Self-fulfillment needs / self-actualisation - the most unreal, felt by the most privileged

Why is it unreal? Because in an ideal society, citizens bear a responsibility to the people and the governing authority to ensure basic needs are met for the rest of society; a form of utilitarianism. But when inequality exists to the extent that Maslow's hierarchy is never