The metaphor of the cave - an imaginary country or a real life?

The imagined community will only sacrifice their lives for a country when they are divided. Although the two male protagonists are equally absurd and in love with the same woman, they have embarked on a common path to defend Yugoslavia. The difference is that One of them embarked on the road of deception, and his deceived friends continued to stay underground to produce arms for their imaginary country. The deceiver wore a halo and enjoyed honor. Until one day, the orangutan inexplicably manipulated the tank to fire, and the deceived and his son left the ground. They saw a film crew filming their own story. The deceived saw an actor in a Nazi uniform. He shot the actor in outrage, and then The son was lost by the river. Son fell into magical waters.
At the same time, don't lie to the deceiver's younger brother. The younger brother learned the truth many years later, injured his brother who sold arms on the battlefield between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and hanged himself again.
The deceived no longer believes in the revolution. He only cares about his own son. He has been searching for many years for his own son. He does not even care about the war between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, although he is the commander of the Serbian military. He dramatically ordered the arms dealer to be killed, and he later learned the identity of the slain. The deceived was distraught, and when he saw the call of his son in the water, he jumped down.
Another ending, here, the deceived only likes his wife and not the actor. His son is married, and the deceiver is happy to come, and he doesn't need to deceive anymore. They happily celebrated the wedding together. But the land on which they stood was divided and left the continent.
Deception in the name of revolution for love, revenge in the name of family for family. Both lead to destruction and despair.
The state is no longer the only goal pursued, and division does not matter.
What is interesting is the image of the symbol of the underground, which expresses an absurd connection, connecting imagination and reality, for the imagined community - the national marriage, their fearless battles only hurt other people. It seems to let us see the shadow of Plato's metaphor of the cave. When we are in the cave, what we see and think is only an illusory illusion. Fighting for the illusion is really absurd.
Tito's absurdity died, dispelling revolutionary myths. The civil war that followed made this myth no longer exist as a myth.

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