The Matrix

This is not about the movie the Matrix, its about what we seen in society today. But its a different spin to it, so read on, if you are interested.

When the movie the Matrix was released, the sci-fi loving couple that we were, we went ahead and saw it the first opportunity we got. The concept was interesting for its time, quite different from the movies we had seen in the past.

I remember the movie The Marix particularly well, it is in fact one of my favorite movies. The next two movies in the same series took the theme that it had further. The gist of it is that there are humans on some planet, maybe it is still Earth, not sure. They are living out their beautiful, sanitized, perfect lives, but for some of them, it feels too perfect, there is something they quite cannot put their finger on, some of the them feel something underlying is basically wrong. A few of them dare to actually think about it, and find out what it is that is wrong, and in the process break away from the mold of people content living out their lives in the perfect world, which is the Matrix.Those who dare to come out of the Matrix find themselves living in a dark, dreary world, hunted by the machines, because they are the rebels, who broke off from the software generated world in which all humans were really just incubated and living in tiny cells . They were wired into this software from the day they are born, and provide the machines with the energy they need.

For the machines, its important that these people are silenced immediately, because the more the rebellion, the more their way of life is at stake.

An important thing that develops later in the movie, is that the rebels choose of their own, to go periodically into the matrix. Because, once they enter the Matrix, they can choose to be whatever they want. They can bend the self-made rules in their perception of the Matrix. Neo, the main protagonist learns, that he can make the bullets drop, because it is after all, not the real world, he can choose to bend the Matrix to make his will happen.

Now why in the world am I writing this thread? Its not for re-hashing or giving a synopsis of the movie. Its to highlight what I think is a world onto itself, like the Matrix, a world of the Have-it-alls, v/s the real world, the world a majority of the population lives in, a world which is harsher than we would like it to be.

There is huge segmentation in the world today, purely on the basis of money. We, a few sections of society, are the have-its. Within reasonable boundaries, we are able to aspire for and acquire something our heart desires. We are able to provide good education to our children, expose them to the right kind of hobbies in sports, fine arts. We are able to take a few trips here and there and satisfy our need to know more about the world we live in. We are able to work hard and take home a decent salary which enables us to indulge in a few pleasures in life. From a basic scale to an almost lavish scale, the various sections of have-its, do "have it". The "it" here is the basic right to live a life of dignity, to better oneself and one's family's life. Lets leave the greed part of it out for now.

But lets look at this section of society in a different way. We are the humans living in a Matrix we have created, and we feed our "section" of the society energy. We are self-sustaining Matrix, where everything is groovy and clean and nice. "Our World" is perfect. Our children have it good. In our cocoon, its awesome in here. A few of us have doubts, whether this perfect life of ours, is really far too perfect. There is an ugly world out there, but should we even seek it? Why rock the ship too hard? But, But, there is a niggling thought. There is an awareness of the world beyond our own matrix, of the other section of society, which are the "have-nots". But to come out of the matrix and be out there is "impossible" right? How can we live their life, when it is so nice in here? We have but two options - take the red pill or the blue pill - stay in the Matrix, or question why the Matrix exists. Go out of the Matrix and look at why there should even be a Matrix. That would be hard. That would be disturbing our way of life. So the ones in the Matrix continue. They continue being the ones with the advantages, they continue protecting their progeny's life in the Matrix by moulding them, ensuring they get the right start to life.