RSS, Brahmin Guilt and Action Vs Knowledge

The RSS was born out of nationalism. But there was another element in its DNA: Brahmin guilt. The RSS was founded by Brahmins who were not just nationalist but also happened to be guilty about the historical role of Brahmins in Indian society. In their view, Brahmins had been ivory-tower philosophers who had cut themselves off from the rest of Indian society and buried themselves in Vedas and Shastras – while India was being conquered and ruled by foreign invaders. And that is why India was under slavery for 1000 years. So the two sins of Brahmins were elitism and intellectualism. Thus the RSS has, since its birth, tried to make amends for these two sins by giving primacy to:
1. Action over knowledge
2. Quantity over quality.