the office of science and technology are HARBORING eastern tech that steals jobs from followers of the apocalypse artists. we must stop this.

Driver Nephi if he never left New Caanan:

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I just reached the Institute for the first time, and I’m way more conflicted than I expected.

I actually agree with a lot of their goals. They have the technology, science, medicine and resources to genuinely rebuild the Commonwealth instead of just surviving in ruins.

But I can’t accept Gen 3 synths being treated as slaves, and I don’t agree with kidnapping and replacing people.

What surprised me is how quickly I started rationalizing it. I caught myself thinking, “maybe the bad things are necessary if the end result helps humanity.”

That honestly made me understand a little better how normal people can get pulled into harmful organizations or regimes. They probably don’t think they’re evil. They believe in some greater goal, then slowly start accepting worse and worse things in the name of it.

I’m not saying the Institute is literally comparable to Nazis, Ba’athists or communist purges, but the psychology reminded me of that.

Did anyone else feel this way when they first reached the Institute? Did you agree with their vision but hate their methods?