[SPOILER] Plot Discussion Thread *Spoiler Alert*

[VaeVictis]

But you're completely ignoring Mandus' motivation: his children. Not to mention the buildup to what leads him to build the Machine in the first place. I mean, it's fun to joke about, but ultimately it isn't that simple.

I'm not talking about his motivation to destroy the machine, I'm talking about his motivation for building in the first place. The idea that turning people into pies is somehow going to prevent future global conflict, is not especially rational.

Yeah, he built the Machine in part to 'spare them the world and its loam.'
Rationality aside, he still really felt it was the best course of action open to him. I mean, he was going down the drain financially, and he saw the world doing likewise in a moral sense. It'd have made less sense if he did nothing but bemoan the state of the world and do nothing.
Yes, he wanted to 'clean the world', but it wasn't his sole motivation, he had his children in mind.