... 1948. Just after the terrors of world war two, and as the communist states where rising in power. Many believe that it was actually a warning about oppressive governments, such as communism. Then what is The Matrix warning us of? The most obvious answer is technology. That one-day we would destroy ourselves. And this is a reasonable fear. We have gotten to ... Jean Baudrillard. Which is on reality versus virtual realities. The Matrix lets us think deeply about this. Morpheus even asks us the question of "what is real? How do you define real? If you're talking about what you can feel wha...

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... population. The group teaches its policies through hypnopaedia, social predestination, and a drug called soma, which keeps the population satisfied with their lives. The population is pre-conditioned as embryos to define their class. There are five classes, or castes, which the children will become; Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas and Epsilons. The groups in are programmed, through the treatment as embryos and ... know. Once a people are conditioned a certain way there is no possible way to change it without there being chaos. If you look at any historical event, especially events that in...

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... place. This is because Huxley deliberately endows his "ideal" society with features likely to alienate his audience. He contrives to exploit the anxieties of his bourgeois audience about both Soviet Communism and Fordist American capitalism. Aldous Huxley's vision of the future is a world in which totalitarian regimes dominate the realm of real world politics. He asserted that the goal of totalitarianism ... goes along with frustrated desire, Huxley gives us our first glimpse into a character's private thoughts, and that character is lovesick, jealous, and fiercely angry with his sexual...

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