so they have to craft a narrative so any human who does gets drafted into a (futile) war to destroy the Matrix
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
bc that way the Machines will reflexively oppose the One and stop the One returning the Matrix to "normal"
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so the Oligarchs will never face what they actually fear, having to share power with other humans
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it's a pretty neat explicitly Marxist allegory that just adds a true ruling class
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I mean that's it, isn't it, fooling luddites into thinking technological progress itself is the enemy
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when tech by nature is something we should all benefit from
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The sequel should have a human who is a female villain and we learn offhand that before she designed the matrix she was >
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
Oligarchs, unlike even Neo, really can do whatever they want and be whoever they want
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so why not go whole hog and have her deal be wanting to live eternally as a feudal princess or whatever
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(Oligarchs get to upload their minds and live forever without bodies)
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl
(It's strongly implied that where they were going was having Merovingian be a former Oligarch who rebelled)
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(So they gave him amnesia and a fake backstory)
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