Acharya Prashant explains that while the democratic system is a great one, it has associated problems. The primary issue is that leaders come from the masses, and the masses, by their own will and volition, are never really attracted to wisdom. The majority of people need to be educated and trained in wisdom, requiring external support. If a conducive external climate exists, people would turn spiritual, and the fuel within their being would ignite into fire and light. However, without this supportive environment, the inner spark remains just a spark and does not last long. When the choice of a leader is left to the masses, it is obvious that most are not interested in whether their would-be leader is spiritual. The masses have other priorities and are more interested in a leader's stance on job creation, national security, religion, caste, state of origin, or ideology. In all of this, spirituality is absent. The speaker questions if a voter has ever asked a potential leader if they have read Krishnamurti or the Upanishads. Consequently, leaders know they can easily ignore the scriptures and the teachings of the saints because the masses do not bother with them. Spirituality is described as an "elitist thing," as every height is a solitude, and spirituality is not egalitarian. A great teacher is a rarity, an abnormality, and the smallest possible minority in a democracy. The speaker notes that humanity seems to have set a condition to try everything else before turning to the teachers, which implies that all other options must first be proven false, leading to great suffering. He concludes that Truth has to win; either one aligns with it, or one will be annihilated.