In relation to the previous blog, that people are merely slaves or simple programs that follow an ordinary life, blind by the truth in the dream world. And there are those who search for the truth thus stepping into the light and taking any risk needed to continue that path of the real world. Most people live just as simple lives or programs that are in search of nothing, too afraid what troubles may come and cower into that dark cave just to escape. People are always plugged into this dream world, this cave, because they depend on it to provide them what they want. Yet there are those who wish to keep us in this dream world, this cave, in order to keep us from learning the horrible truth of the real world. As Morpheus said, “that the matrix is a computer generated dream world in order to keep us controlled.” Much like how our government blinds us today from learning the truth behind their unknown motives. Simply our government is the Matrix and the agents, those who show us the horrible truths are those who are not blinded, unplugged, like Plato and Morpheus. In the movie the “Matrix”, play similar connections to Plato’s Cave on the topic of how people are being blinded from learning the truth, forced to live in a dream world, in which we must make a choice in the matter.
Plato in some respects is similar to Morpheus; both are trying to separate us from the cave or dream world. Both of them are trying to unplug, free our minds. As Plato preached to his follower Glucon is as the same as how Morpheus preaches to Neo. Much like Plato would teach his follower that choice of taking the light he will see the light and truth, but feel the pain of seeing this light or remain in darkness controlled, imprisoned. Same as how Morpheus offers Neo the blue, which he would remain in dream land unplugged to live out his normal life controlled by the Matrix. And there is the red pill that will offer the chance to see the light escape from darkness, become unplugged. The same way most people try to preach to us on the web of terrible secrets of the government of the motives of the CIA or the truths behind the wars. Secrets that the government blinds us from or in this case of the Matrix and Plato’s cave the agents and prison guards.
In the end the choice is really up to us, whether stay in the dark cave watching and hearing the shadows. Taking the blue living out a simple programmed life controlled by the Matrix or just going according to the plans that our government has sent out for us and allowing them to block out what they don’t want us know. Or take the red pill continue on the rabbit hole towards the light to see the real world and all the horrors that it may hold.
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I got from your blog the connection between the Matrix and the cave that people have the choice to live in the cave among the shadows. It seems that many people make the choice to live in the cave because it is an easier life, that they don’t have to stand-up for what they believe in, which involves a risk. It was interesting that you mentioned that these people that live in the cave are not in search of anything. Here might be a great place to talk about how much of a enlighten human existence is about searching for truths or experiences, and how these truths and experiences teach us more about our selves and who we are, which is all the more reason why certain powers that be, that you mention would want people in the cave.
ReplyDeleteYou mention that our government is the matrix and the agents, this is a very good example that brings the idea of the cave and the matrix to a reality for me. It might be better to say that the people within the government are the agents and the lies that they tell are the matrix they create which many of Americans believe. Then give some specific examples of where certain people within the government have told lies in an attempt to keep the American public in the cave, then what are the responses of those that believe the lies and those that don’t. I also got from your blog, (has a lot of room for expansion) that the internet is a vehicle for truth that has the ability to expose the lies of the government.