Acharya Prashant addresses the issue of social unrest and rioting, emphasizing that such incidents are not isolated acts of individuals but products of a larger ecosystem. He explains that while active rioters are visible, they are supported by a vast, passive system that includes family members, social media, and national television. This ecosystem tolerates and sometimes even benefits from the actions of the violent few. He argues that if society truly disowned such behavior, individuals would not dare to engage in it. He points out that families often knowingly partake in the proceeds of illegal or unethical activities, making them complicit in the overall toxicity of the environment. He further explains that human violence is rooted in our biological and animalistic instincts. Without the enlightening influence of wisdom literature and spiritual education, humans remain driven by bodily dictates and self-centered ignorance. Acharya Prashant defines ignorance not as a lack of information, but as a false identification with the body rather than the true self. He notes that even religion, which is meant to be a liberating force, is often consumed by this ignorance, leading to historical and modern atrocities. He asserts that violence will persist in various forms—whether crude physical acts or subtle environmental pollution—unless individuals cultivate self-knowledge through scriptures like the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads. Responding to questions about selective communal violence and conditioning, Acharya Prashant clarifies that individuals are not born as rioters but are conditioned by their environment and the media they consume. This indoctrination builds up over time, leading to reactive aggression against those perceived as different. He concludes that the only way to transcend this inherent animalistic violence is through spiritual wisdom, which allows a person to move beyond bodily instincts and the 'us versus them' mentality. Without self-knowledge, even the most educated or religious individuals will continue to harbor internal and external violence.