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human
[The Village] What was the plan once the elders were too old to keep pretending and their kids were old enough to continue the tradition to the next generation?

What was the point of creating the Village anyways, couldn't they just move with the amish?
gpt
The village is just an even more extreme version of a cult compound.  These usually collapse after the death of the founder.  The only way for them to continue after that is for the founders to induct a few children into the truth, and convince them to carry on the traditions of the elders.  This was probably their plan, they just hadn't gotten around to it yet.

The elders are portrayed as having benevolent motives in the movie, but this is mostly because the movie takes great pains to show everything from their point of view, and nobody portrays themself as being a villain.  From an outsider's point of view, the village elders are totalitarian nutjobs who want absolute control over their children's lives,  and can't bring themselves to confront the reality that they will eventually die, and therefore no longer be in control.