The most critical way in which the government restricts its populace is by outlawing perceiving yourself as a solitary human being. “But when they speak …show more content…
Instead of the church manipulating information it is a vague version of government that does not allow free knowledge. “The Council of Scholars has said that we all know the things which exist and therefore the things which are not known by all do not exist”(Rand 71). They do not have the technology or understanding of the world that we do today even though it is set in the future. The Council of Scholars who are supposed to be the most educated people are scared of light bulbs. This is because acquiring knowledge is a very tedious process, which most are not even allowed to go through. It is a particularly effective tactic to enslave minds because it eliminates the possibility of the student surpassing the master. The master makes is hardly even teaching the student but has convinced them that they are the people with the highest