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.
Solid comparison.
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.
I love this.
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.
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
"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.
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.
Exactly. Plato nailed this one.
We need the bells back for healing...frequencies for health, that is one option that can't hurt if applied correctly...imo We need alignment!
Op what an amazing post
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
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.