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Social Evils and the Power of Society || Acharya Prashant (2023)
Bharat
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Ecosystem
Passive Toxicity
Animal Instincts
Wisdom Literature
Bhagavad Gita
Upanishads
Spirituality
Social Media
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Acharya Prashant explains that active violence in society, such as rioting or looting, is supported by a larger ecosystem of passive toxicity. He uses the analogy of a hall where a single person cannot misbehave unless the rest of the audience remains complicit or indifferent. This collective indifference acts as a conspiracy that allows negative behavior to flourish. He argues that the root cause of societal unrest is the content consumed through television and social media, which feeds this passive toxicity. Therefore, the responsibility for violence lies not just with the perpetrators but with the entire society that allows such an environment to exist. He further discusses how human behavior is fundamentally driven by animal instincts inherited from our evolutionary past. Just as animals fight over resources, humans engage in violence and pollution due to self-centered ignorance. Acharya Prashant emphasizes that there is no difference in principle between a person who stabs another and one who poisons the environment; both act from the same beastly nature. To transcend these biological instincts and the resulting brutality, he asserts that humanity requires the enlightening effect of wisdom literature. He concludes that scriptures like the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads are essential documents to guide humans beyond their animal dispositions toward a more peaceful existence.