He believed that rather than trying to force-fit an artificial equality, one must remove the curse of birth determining one’s life prospects. Societies would always have hierarchies. They existed even in nature. But they could be fluid. There would be times when Kshatriya soldiers comprised the elite, and then, there would be times when skilful Shudra creators would be the elite. The differences in society should be determined by merit. That’s all. Not birth.