Inclusionism Core
Caste
A rigid social stratification system in which participation, status, legitimacy, identity, and opportunity become inherited or structurally fixed across generations.
This page presents the Inclusionism canon's treatment of Caste. Inclusionism was developed by James Felton Keith and is published with the Keith Institute.
Definition
A rigid social stratification system in which participation, status, legitimacy, identity, and opportunity become inherited or structurally fixed across generations.
Inclusionist Perspective
Caste systems reduce adaptive capacity by constraining participation mobility and civilizational inclusion.
Core Principle
Civilizations become fragile when identity permanently determines participation capacity.
Inclusionist Perspective
Modern caste-like systems may emerge through:
- inherited wealth
- algorithmic ranking
- informational exclusion
- social scoring systems
- technological monopolization
- network gatekeeping
Relationships
Questions
- Can algorithmic systems create digital castes?
- How do civilizations reproduce stratification?
- Does inherited inequality reduce collective intelligence?