Which religion believes karma affects their
status in the caste system?

I think Hinduism believes that karma affects your next life and the caste you are in, while Buddhism doesn't believe in the caste system. They both believe in a perfect state of understanding, for Buddhism nirvana and Hinduism moksha.

Explanation:

while it was true that the cotton gin reduced the labor of removing seeds, it did not reduce the need for slaves to grow and pick the cotton.

explanation:

before eli whitney's invention of the cotton gin, picking and cleaning cotton was a slow, labor-intensive job. workers, usually slaves, had to pick the seeds from the cotton fibers by hand. this invention made it possible to grow large amounts of cotton on big farms and make money.

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