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What are the real reasons behind the council's rejection and fear of the gift?
What are the real reasons behind the council's rejection and fear of the gift?
To put it simply, the council cannot allow or reward individual thought. Equality 7-2521's light bulb was not the product of endless collaboration, which never achieved a thing, but the initiative and intelligence of one person. Personal identity goes against everything the Council stands for so they reject the lightbulb and prefer to remain in the dark.
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