Remember: Plato was born in 427 BC.
Imagine the following scenario: A group of people have lived in a deep cave since birth, never seeing any daylight at all. These people are bound in such a way that they cannot look to either side or behind them, but only straight ahead.
Behind them is a fire. Behind the fire is a partial wall. On top of the wall are various statues, which are manipulated by another group of people just out of sight.
Because of the fire, the statues cast shadows on the wall that the prisoners are facing. The prisoners watch the stories that these shadows play out; but because this is all they ever see, they believe these shadows are the most real things in the world.
Now imagine one of these prisoners is freed from his bonds and is able to turn and look directly at the fire and at the statues themselves.
After the initial shock and disbelief, he eventually realizes that these things are real and the shadows have been false.
from https://www.sparknotes.com/philosophy/republic/themes/
There is more, but this is where all of these extremely distraught people are right now. Plato's Cave is a dead-on representation of people who only get their news from TV and the Internet instead of going out into the world and seeing things for themselves.
Some will never leave the cave. They simply cannot accept the fact that the shadows were never real. They will stay in that cave forever, no matter what we try to show them.
You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it
Perfectly understood. 👍🏻
Exactly. They are chained in the cave and it's all they know. They'll never leave it.
Close with the summary, biggest point that was left out is that the freed prisoner gets out of the cave, sees that everything in the cave isn't real. Goes back in to tell the others, but is ignored and mocked. Quiet similar situation we are currently in.
You're right, of course; I just didn't want to put anyone off by making the post too long. But the analogy sure does hold up.
Exactly why Morpheus said you can’t tell people about the matrix you must show them.
Solid comparison.
The mainstream media get people to walk upon a Mobius strip.
And, they convince people that there is only one side to understanding everything.
As people walk the Mobius strip they never realize there are two sides, or more, to every story.
The result of this journey is they pass the same things over and over again, and this reinforces their beliefs, further entrenching them.
This is half-twisted logic, but it is absolutely true.
A living example of Plato's cave is Manhattan, where most people that live there don't even want to cross the river (on either side).
Guess what they vote.
… that’s rather frightening actually.
I would take it a step further and say NYC in general not just Manhattan. There are NYers that have lived in NYC all their life and have never ventured into the New York State rural areas.
Crazy but it is true and many of them do not comprehend the world and how different it is from NYC.
I know a leftard who moved from IL to SC and was somehow utterly oblivious that she was moving to MAGA Country. She traveled so little and only flying directly to other leftard cities that she had no idea what most of the rest of the country is like and how they don't care for her bullshit. It's amazing that she hasn't had a total mental breakdown yet despite refusing to wake up at all.
I love this.
Dead on ...
Still imagining a 427 DOHC with a Whipple charger on it because I read the first part wrong...😁😁😁
Buuu-WAAAA!
Highway to the danger zone playing in sync with the 2-3 shift...the whole fantasy
Must say I am appalled after seeing meltdowns of so many young people. They parroted the MSM's Nazi/Hitler/rapist crap almost word for word. I was stunned that young people raised with the internet would not have done research. They really are living in the cave.
Funny thing about the internet is that it's super easy for one to create their own bubble
Unless they specifically look for something different they never leave the bubble
True
The internet is a doubled edged sword and it is a tool that allows the very curious to ask more and more questions. But the flipside is the internet can be curated and filtered to the point that it is easily controlled information dissemination.
Yes, if they're using google, then I guess I understand their cognitive dissonance.
These are also "tech savvy" kids who don't even know how the phones and tablets that they rely on work and can't fix a damn thing when it malfunctions. They're rapidly becoming a cargo cult of sorts.
"Let no one therefore judge you in eating and in drinking or in respect of a feast or of a new moon or of the Sabbath, which are a shadow of things to come, but the body is of Christ (Col 2:16-17)." In other words, don't confuse the shadow with the reality.
Op what an amazing post
I think the Q team took over the position of the puppeteers. And now they are taking the show on the road and leading everyone out of the cave. They can't just tell people there's a real world out side the cave...because people can't be told, they must be shown. That's why he says we are watching a show. It's a show designed to allow people to figure it out on their own at their own pace.
Exactly. Plato nailed this one.
It's kind of a fifth century BC version of the Matrix, actually.
I was thinking this today looking through all the melt downs. They are in a bubble and totally brainwashed and in some bizarro world reality.
Allegory of the Cave and Not Yours to Give are two short reads that everyone should read.
Those who have been abused since birth will identified, protected their abusers and go on to learn to abuse others because that's all they know.
That's very well known in Psychology
Makes sense, but more so I believe these people are blinded by their own sins in the form of sexuality, addictions, lifestyle, welfare, etc, and refuse to admit they're wrong. By admitting they're wrong they'd have to repent and sin no more.
This is more of a spiritual warfare because we believe we're made in the image of God, not cavemen. Our higher consciousness guides us in the right path but we get lost when we step out of the light. So I believe that beyond psychology and the logic of man, this is a spiritual warfare happening deep within each and everyone of us, and us vs deception.