What is the Matrix?

1 year ago
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People often are confused by the analogy that is often made to the Matrix. With many "Manosphere" and conspiracy theorists adopting the Matrix analogy for their benefit, I thought I'd provide my interpretation which I believe to be correct.

Time stamps
0:00 Intro - The Matrix Film
3:26 The Matrix Analogy
4:14 Banks - Loans and Credit
8:14 Fight Club Movie Gods and Rockstars
9:28 Competitive Job Market
11:35 Controlling Public Opinion, ESG
16:52 Corporations Environmentalism
18:24 Ukraine War - Military Industrial Complex
24:16 Media Distractions from real issues
26:14 CBDC, Digitization of Currency
28:04 BRICS, US losing allies to China
30:27 Saudi Arabia, OPEP, Oil Prices
32:40 Consumerism and Materialism
33:16 Child Labor Lithium in Congo for IPhone batteries
36:17 Media pushing specific narratives
36:44 Republicans and Democrats both serve the Rich, Economic Elite
37:50 Seek real news
38:31 Modern day McCarthyism, Leftwing Social Progressivism
40:11 Creating a Hive Mind through Social Media, Free Speech Censorship, De-platforming
42:03 Digitization of Currency - Economic control over the people
42:52 Fight Club, Economic Man, Identity, Jünger on Sacrifice
44:14 Economic identity in hyper capitalism, Consumption as expression
46:23 Material distractions, Pleasure and Hyper Stimuli
47:18 Schopenhauer’s Will to Life
48:29 Nietzsche Last Man
49:30 Matrix justifies action using morality, Nietzsche Will to Power Beyond Good and Evil
51:04 Modern Masculinity, Decline of Men, What is a man?
52:24 Uncomfortable realities, Matrix losing power
53:07 Fight Club, Escape the Matrix

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