Description
Morpheus says, “The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you’re inside, you look around, what do you see? Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of that system and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it.”
Here he is saying that we often will support the very systems that exploit us. The Matrix represents systems that we are “plugged into.” What are some of these systems? For example, consider economic (capitalism, Marxism), cultural, religious, nationalistic, identity (race, class and/or gender) systems.
