{"title": "The Matrix 1999 and how people misunderstand it", "timestamp": 1762199528.1867034, "description": "\"Red Pill\" became the go-to word for the right-wing thinkers of the 21st century. They equate taking the \"blue pill\" to being ignorant. To not questioning what they believe to be \"harmful\" leftist ideologies. While the \"red pill\" is the pill towards awakening. Towards enlightenment. Or some bullshit like this. The irony is that the blue pill and red pill was taken from the 1999 film by [The Wachowskis]() called *The Matrix*. By The Wachowskis, who, if you know anything about the two, are really not the kind of people who would be calling themselves \"conservatives\".", "author": {"avatar": "https://blenderdumbass.org/pictures/favicon.png", "bio": "Aka: J.Y. Amihud. A Jewish by blood, multifaceted artist with experience in film-making, visual effects, programming, game development, music and more. A philosopher at heart. An activist for freedom and privacy. 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Knowing that Lana and Lilly Wachowski were once Larry and Andy, which means they are trans-women that probably used something like Premarin for the transformation to occur, and knowing that often people who are unhappy about their gender are using anti-depressants instead of undergoing the transformation, makes the whole red-pill / blue-pill an allegory for trans-people. Which then is so ironic that conservatives now use it for the opposite message. \r\n\r\nHormone pills..? Only blue pilled people believe in those! I am a rainbow piller. I take random pills I find under the couch and ingest them. Usually they have already expired, no ill effects are felt. ", "username": "Troler", "id": 3}]}, "languages": {}, "hashtags": ["thematrix", "theWachowskis", "film", "review", "movies", "cinemastodon"], "not_ai_proof": "", "tab": "reviews", "url": "https://blenderdumbass.org/reviews/the_matrix_1999_and_how_people_misunderstand_it"}