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<blockquote data-quote="Argyle King" data-source="post: 8955181" data-attributes="member: 58416">I'm not so sure that truth/falsehood is a wholly separate issue from freedom/slavery.Perspective certainly is part of it. Common components involved in keeping a population passive and controlled are keeping the targets uneducated/unaware and fostering a relationship&nbsp; in which the target is reliant on the authority figure. There are some components to Plato's Cave mixed into the Matrix.Related to that are some arguments concerning being unaware but happy versus gaining greater awareness and freedom. It's been a while since I've seen the movie, but I believe Cypher literally says &quot;ignorance is bliss&quot; as part of his motivation. It may very well be that the machines had mostly &quot;good&quot; intentions. In the same way, there have been people throughout history who have used similar justifications for why it was better for a group to be controlled than free. Different perceptions of &quot;truth&quot; and morality are where conflict (arguably a good thing for an adventure RPG) would arise.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Argyle King, post: 8955181, member: 58416"] I'm not so sure that truth/falsehood is a wholly separate issue from freedom/slavery. Perspective certainly is part of it. Common components involved in keeping a population passive and controlled are keeping the targets uneducated/unaware and fostering a relationship in which the target is reliant on the authority figure. There are some components to Plato's Cave mixed into the Matrix. Related to that are some arguments concerning being unaware but happy versus gaining greater awareness and freedom. It's been a while since I've seen the movie, but I believe Cypher literally says "ignorance is bliss" as part of his motivation. It may very well be that the machines had mostly "good" intentions. In the same way, there have been people throughout history who have used similar justifications for why it was better for a group to be controlled than free. Different perceptions of "truth" and morality are where conflict (arguably a good thing for an adventure RPG) would arise. [/QUOTE]

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