Despite Millennia of Oppression, Why Did Not The Lower Caste And The Untouchables Revolt Against The Indian Upper Caste?

Human Being's Reaction to Oppression

Cartoon of Darwin Source

As the evolutionists say, all of us have a survivalist instinct in us. We do anything to get food. Extending that instinct to the propagation of genes, we do odd things for sex too. And when society is brought in, social dignity is desired by all of us - almost at any cost. The concept of secrecy that is diluted to privacy which maintains our prestige is there, for all of us to see!

The French Revolution Source

When people are suppressed, nearly all of these instincts are hampered. And when that happens, people resent and oppose the oppressors. But then, we are very complex animals and are not easily understood. The guiding principle, however, is 'man is what he thinks'.