Acharya Prashant addresses a concern regarding a survey indicating that a vast majority of Indians are open to dictatorship. He explains that this tendency is rooted in a distorted 'folk philosophy' that has dominated the Indian psyche for centuries. Unlike animals, humans act based on a philosophy or a vision of life. If the prevailing philosophy suggests that the supreme power is external and distant, individuals naturally resort to flattery and subservience toward external authorities to fulfill their desires. This mindset has historically sustained feudalism and remains visible in the way people readily bow before those with inherited privileges or power.