Thread: MobileRead Discussion: The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster (spoilers)
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Old 01-26-2010, 09:12 PM   #27
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Interesting. I suppose the members of that Central Committee can be regarded as philosopher-kings. Perhaps Plato is more important here than I realized when I first mentioned him.
I got the impression that the Central Committee was not actually a committee made up of humans, but rather another function of the Machine. The people seem far too passive to have been able to make executive decisions.
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