“Wake up, Neo. The Matrix has you.” These words marked a cultural moment—one that captured our collective anxiety about reality itself. The Matrix wasn’t just a movie about robo…

from the you’re-not-anti-establishment-if-you’re-pro-authoritarian dept

  • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    they have inverted The Matrix’s central message, twisting the language of liberation into a tool for submission.

    This short, beautiful phrase sums it up perfectly.

    It’s just one in a long line of concepts that they have hijacked (No Labels, the Tea Party, Libertarianism, etc.).