The Problem is Choice (As Explained by The Architect)

But according to the Architect, Zion actually needs to exist — so that the rest of the population will remain willingly enslaved. He even tells Neo that upon Neo’s willingly going back to “the Source” and allowing the destruction of Zion, he will be allowed to choose 23 individuals with which to start a new Zion.

Implying that one of the ultimate “enemies of humanity”, the father of the matrix, actually recognizes the need of a place for all the dissenters of the program to gather.

This is a beautiful illustration of a societal engineering technique called “controlled opposition”.

It is also a depiction of the problem of choice, and how consent, even if given at a near unconscious level, is a necessary prerequisite to enslavement.

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