Acharya Prashant explains that modern institutions—including media, political, judicial, educational, and social systems—lack high ideals and are driven by lower human instincts. He argues that while animals have limited desires for consumption defined by nature, humans possess unlimited desires, leading to the exploitation of others and the planet's limited resources. The current global structure is designed to keep a vast majority of people working as laborers to fuel the luxury and power of a tiny elite at the top. This system ensures that the masses receive just enough to stay alive and satisfied with a false sense of progress, while the majority of the profit and power flows upward.