![]() ![]() ![]() Upon entering the Matrix, Neo comes into harmony and discovers an awareness of energy through the ancient discipline of martial arts. The red pill is a spiritual initiation common in mythological storytelling. Walker went further during our conversation last week. In fact, quite the opposite: “The reality that Neo wakes up to is actually super-vulnerable and weak.” In his essay, Walker points out that Neo doesn’t actually awaken to the prophesied new world. Ambiguity is always necessary when logical thinking and the clarity of proof are absent. Musk’s equivocation speaks truth to power to keyboard warriors intent on combating the ills of vaccines, 5G, reptilian overlords, and coronavirus hoaxes. Strangely, as Walker points out, the red pill has been adopted by conspiracy theorists representing both alt-right circles and the leftist “wellness” community. The same holds true for Ivanka Trump’s buy-in, a wink at Musk in his quest to rally commerce, plant workers be damned.Īs with many messages, the meaning was thwarted by none other than Big Corporate Interests, even if those interests are solar powered instead of crudely extracted. While it appears Musk was referencing his plan to reopen Tesla’s Fremont-based factory against California state orders, his tweet’s lack of context makes the sentiment ambiguous. In the warped imaginations of members of The Red Pill, the rabbit hole referenced by Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) in “The Matrix” is an alternative world in which women run everything while men are mere subordinates. Likewise, “ redpilling” first emerged in a toxic subreddit where men try to feel better about themselves by denouncing women, liberals, and everything else failing to live up to their basement-level standards. Nazi Germany infamously co-opted the Sanskrit term, svástika, meaning “auspicious” or “conducive to well-being,” for its genocidal program. Once a symbol enters public consciousness there’s no telling where it ends up. On May 17, Elon Musk urged his nearly 35 million Twitter followers to “take the red pill.” Ivanka Trump giddily replied, “Taken!,” prompting Lily Wachowski, co-creator of “The Matrix,” to express anger over the usage of a term she coined. Starlin is not the only creator upset by the misappropriation of an archetype. ![]()
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