Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-212.56.135.17-20160525143405

I still cannot understand how grounders have no technology or how it makes sense for them to have no technology.

When Becca came down there were survivors. Those survivers must have known about computers, cars, electricity, internet, guns, etc. Yet we see grounders living with no technology, they use bow and arrows.

One answer could be that Becca (+ AI) felt that technology might be a danger to humanity because of ALIE and therefore opted it is best for everyone to stay without this. However this makes no sense at all. The Mountain people did have technology. So if they had it why couldn't the grounders have it too? Also there could be other survivors out there (as there are four other continents apart from North America) who opted to make full use of technology.

Maybe Becca (+ AI) + survivors felt that technology was evil and that without it they could live in peace and harmony. However we know grounders fight between them, their law is  "Blood must have blood" and their selection of a new "Commander" ... well let us say it is not one of the most civilized way how to select a leader! How could Becca (+ AI) + survivors (again which had knowledge of basic human rights) have elected to live like that?

I do not know if this has been addressed in one of the episodes. However personally I feel like this is a big gap in the story. 