In a way the matrix and Plato's Allegory of the cave are similar in that they both tell a story in which people are being hidden from the truth. In the matrix it is people who are put in this digitalized world in order to prevent them from knowing the truth which was that there bodies were powering the machines. In the Allegory of the cave the prisoners who are chained in the cave believed that the cave is the only reality.
Once the prisoner from the cave was freed he wanted to go back and free his fellow bondsman but he knew that they would not want to be freed and that they would have a hard time getting use to the truth which is the same feeling that people had in the matrix once they were freed from it.
When you are used to a specific way of life or a specific way of doing things it is hard to change your ways because it is what your used to. I think that this is one of the ideas of the story.
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totally agree when u said that it hard for pple to change once they are used to a certain way of life. speaking the truth!
Hey Nick,
I agree with you that ones we are stuck in a certain way of living, we stay there.
That's it? We need more discussion!
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