• Grail@multiverse.soulism.net
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    2 days ago

    The Matrix is a trans allegory. Living in a cave and eating slop is an allegory for being fired because of transphobia.

    Still worth it.

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      It can be interpreted that way. That doesn’t mean that anybody who doesn’t see it that way is wrong.

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      The Matrix is a Rambo 3 remake. Living in a cave and eating slop is an allegory for shooting explosive arrows into a bridge.

      Still worth it.

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        Big pharma ruined the metaphor by changing the pill colors.

        The blue pill was an antidepressant, the red pill was estrogen.

        Also the main villian is a man in a suit who constantly deadnames the protagonist. The matrix is real life.

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          I wonder if they did it intentionally.

          Changing the pill from red to blue basically cost them nothing and served no purpose, but just so happened to ruin the metaphor.

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        It’s an allegory for the fact that through their control of the media, the rich can construct whatever reality they want in the minds of the masses.