Everything begins with a choice? The problem is the choice?
The French guy says “Choice is an illusion between those with power and those without.” and the Architect says “She stumbled upon a solution whereby 99 percent of subjects accept the program, as long as they were given a choice, even if they were only ware of the choice at a near unconscious level. While the answer is functioned, it was fundamentally flawed. Thus creating the otherwise contradictory systemic anomaly, that if left unchecked, might threaten the system.” The Oracle gives subjects choices, which make her the powerful one. Unlike the Architect, she doesn't look for a balanced system, because she herself is a variable factor, the unstableone, the probability of uncertainties and new things. She gives people choice, and choice itself provides variables, uncertainties, and too much variability can be a threat to the system.But she merely just provides choices, she's not certain, at least not always certain about their choices. But she says she always hopes the best, she believes. That's why they say the problem is the choice. As human-being we make hundreds and thousands of choices every single day, variability is high. If there are too many people decide to take the red pill, and then get to meet the Oracle and offered with choices (uncertainty factors), the Matrix can not hold that variability one day, then the whole system will collapse. And here goes my question, why the Oracle want to destroy the whole system? Isn't her a program in the Matrix? Is this all illusion all over again?! She says she has the same vision as Neo, which is to end the war, on way or another. There are two possible ways to end the war according to the Architect,1) the Matrixcrash and kill everyone connects to the matrix, which coupled with the extermination of Zion, and will result in the extinction of the entire human; or 2) let Zion be destroyed by the Matrix for the sixth time. A choice for Neo to make , but he, as the one, creates the third one, a temporary pace between the Matrix and Zion. So, Here is another question I hold, Why the collapse of the Matrix leads to the distinction of human race? I have two theories in mind, 1) because Zion citizen will lose the purpose to live, because their whole life are told to defeat the Matrix and end the war, how about suddenly move their whole belief away? Or 2) because the machinesZion relies on will not function with out the Matrix , and the city will end dead?). OK, lets see, the first theory is quite weak,since human race are known strong and always find a way to survive, we can get ourselves a new purpose. About the second theory, why Zion's machines are built with a dependence on their rival? It doesn't make sense! Unless, its the Matrix that creates Zion at the first place, it means to keep it exist, as long as human exist. As the Zion councilor says “We need machines and they need us.” Therefore, Zion is no symbol of liberation, it's just another illusion .it's just another illusion.it's just another illusion.
As for Smith, he was destroyed by Neo once, but at the same time, he's freed from the system and found his purpose. As he says "there is no purpose, then there is no us; purpose createsus, purpose connectsus, purpose manipulatesus , it guides us, it drives us, purpose defines us, it blindsus. Then Smith becomes the opposite side of Neo, and his purpose is merely to keep Marix. Since Neo's destiny is to destroy the Matrix and protect Zion. However, Smith protects the Matrix by his own way, he doesn't care about balance, doesn't see the big picture as the Architect see, he focuses on his only mission, and act in an extreme way, like a dangerous virus. Meanwhile the Architect, who's desperately to keep a balanced system, a coherent perfect system, ends up alignswith Neo, and pays for his price-keep a peaceZion. Of course,it will leave him apotential uncertainty, but probably this uncertainty could be kept for a every long time, until the new version Neo7is capable of challenging him, so it seems a fair deal.
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