Little do they realise that their red pill of truth often leads them down a path of delusion, the very thing they think they are rallying the rest of the world against. Gathering in online echo chambers, they feel like heroes for seeing the world for what it is, for being brave enough to handle it and strong enough to show others. The hero takes the red pill, which is meaningful to these groups who feel the world has mistreated them. “You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.” You wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe,” Laurence Fishburne’s character Morpheus tells Neo. The truth being that he was a slave, just like everyone else, born into bondage, but kept sated by a silly, untrue fantasyland. In the film scene, Keanu Reeves’s Neo learns that the matrix (the life he thought he was leading) was “the world pulled over eyes to prevent from seeing the truth”. But why would Musk type this dog whistle, and does he know what it means?Ī poster of Hollywood star Keanu Reeves from the sequel to the movie The Matrix It got hundreds of thousands of likes, replies and retweets, including from Ivanka Trump. In May, Elon Musk tweeted “Take the red pill” to his 34.5 million followers. Įven those who use the term in more mainstream spaces do so without much clarity. Men who hate feminism, who are against liberal ideas, men who believe in things like p izzagate, pick-up a rtists (PUAs), t he manosphere (a group of online communities that include MRAs, PUAs, incels and Men Going Their Own Way (MGTOW) among others) and QAnon. Men like Cesar Sayoc, the man who sent improvised explosive devices to critics of Donald Trump, and far-right conspiracy theorist and radio host Alex Jones. But there is a certain type of person who proudly proclaims to have taken the red pill most often. There is no one true definition of red-pilling, so red-pilling can be anything. It gained traction on internet forums, then Reddit, and for years, has stood as a battle-cry for conservative conspiracy theorists and men’s rights activists (MRA) – many of whom believe the “truth” is that white men are under attack.īut what does the phrase really mean? There are too many definitions of red-pilled in Urban Dictionary to cite them all. If you take the red pill, you see the underpinnings of the world’s networks, the push for power from various groups, the nefarious dealings of those in control to keep the masses satiated and at bay.īut as time went on, this became more than just a line from a movie. If you take a red pill, your eyes are opened to the truth of the world, and you no longer exist in the prettier, but fake, world you thought you lived in. Initially, following the metaphor of how it plays out in the film, taking the red pill (instead of the blue pill) meant choosing to see the truth. Keep reading list of 4 items list 1 of 4 India top court stays government move to form fact check unit under IT laws list 2 of 4 The never-ending war on truth list 3 of 4 The Take: What the manipulated Kate Middleton photo says about UK media list 4 of 4 Sudan army regains control of national TV and radio headquarters from RSF end of list
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