Acharya Prashant addresses a question about whether a spiritual perspective can help in policymaking for marginalized sections of society. He begins by stating that inequities, dissimilarities, and exploitation are not mandated by heaven but arise from our fundamental biological constitution. He compares human society to the jungle, where compassion is rare, but cooperation exists for survival, food, and sex. Exploitation and opportunism are rampant in nature, with every organism caring only for itself. However, animals lack the sharp intellect to carry on their exploitative tendencies for long. Man, he explains, is an animal gifted with intellect, which leads to problems no other species suffers from. Mankind not only exploits other species—having lost over 60% of wildlife in the last four decades—but also exploits its own members at every pretext. This is seen in the divisions between races, genders, classes, castes, religions, and nations. The reason for this is not ideological but existential. If it were merely ideological, a better ideology could have solved the problem. But all ideologies come from the same conditioned, animalistic mind and can only be marginally better than their predecessors. The speaker asserts that what is required is an understanding of our existential condition, starting with the questions, "Who are we?" and the unexamined statements, "I am" and "I want." As long as we are ignorant of who we truly are, we will only want the selective welfare of who we think we are, which is a delusion. Our desires, being products of this delusion, are inherently violent. This violence is not limited to marginalized sections; it is present within families and between spouses. Violence is ingrained in our DNA, and unless our consciousness is liberated from these biological compulsions, there is no hope. Superficial solutions like subsidies, affirmative action, and reservations can bridge the gap to some extent, but they do not address the root cause. The fundamental question is what the 'haves' possess that the 'have-nots' aspire to. If everyone achieves the same level of consumption, it will lead to disaster. Therefore, it is crucial to understand what is truly valuable in life, something beyond basic physical needs. This central thing is what humans need, unlike animals, and it is even more important than food and shelter.