Blog 1: Repost.

    It has been stated that it will always be human nature to live in blissful ignorance. Accepting fact or truth some how is a discomfort to the illusion people enjoy. In the “Allegory of The Cave” Socrates states people will ignore the truth or enlightenment only to remain ignorant or live in their habitat. This has been proven throughout history especially in Monkey Scopes case in Tennessee and McCarthyism during the 1950’s. These two events people have refuse to accept the truth because in the world they are accustomed to the truth or being enlightened is taboo. People are afraid of accepting their minds being enlighten for it is to change their perception of thinking or belief. Change is for the better for without change or seeking enlightenment the world would not have advances for it takes advantage of today.
    In the nineteen thirties a man named John Thomas Scopes was trialed for committing a state offense for teaching evolution in the state of Tennessee. John Scopes was only trying to enlighten his student the truth of evolution. Evolution is a proven fact that we evolve from primates to complex beings we are today. John Scopes according to the text “Allegory of the Cave” is the “Freed Prisoner” who saw what was outside of the cave. William Bill Riley represents the cave’s non believers or the “ignorant” who refuse to believe in evolution and believes in the bible. William was asked several questions on how far fetch the bible was and his belief of the old and new testament stories to be true. William was a pastor who hated to accept evolution or the change that “God” did not create human beings from his rib, but an evolutionary process that allowed us to be complex and thinking individuals. This is still being debated amongst religious fundamentalist and atheist’s today.
      During the nineteen fifties America entered a silent war with the Soviet Union due to the fact that the U.S.S.R rivaled the U.S.A militarily. This war was not fought with guns or nukes, but instead with propaganda and fear put into both opposing countries. Both countries created the illusion to the public that their economic, political, and lifestyle were endanger from each other. Joseph McCarthy was put into power to fight against the threat that never existed in America. Joseph McCarthy eventually let the power go to his head and accuse everyone that he hated or was conspiring against him for being communist. Many writers like Arthur Miller accused him of bringing back the Salem Witch Trials back in America. Many celebrities and social commentators tried to enlighten the American public to the real threat and it wasn’t communism. Instead it was Joseph McCarthy. The public at large continue to ignore their claims and listen to McCarthy up until the sixties when he claim the Kennedy’s to be communist. The Kennedy’s fought tooth and nail to prove their innocence and to strip McCarthy off of his position in power. People soon learned that there was no real threat in their cave. The light had blinded them to finally see the real threat and it was the person whom they had trusted in.
    Accepting the truth is hard but it enables us to be more realistic and to avoid making mistakes. It can also aid us to progress further seeking knowledge. To be enlighten is not a bad thing for it gave us the modern advances we take for granted today. Staying in the cave maybe safe but won’t get us anywhere if we are told what to believe or accept what is customary. We must question everything the darkness that the cave offers and seek the light that’s the end of the tunnel. If we continue to live in the cave humanity will continue to make the same mistakes it has in the past.