Comrade Ben to GenZedong · 3 years agoOpinion on the matrix moviesmessage-squaremessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down11
arrow-up111arrow-down1message-squareOpinion on the matrix moviesComrade Ben to GenZedong · 3 years agomessage-square6linkfedilink
minus-squareMuad'DibberAlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·3 years agoReally interesting Marxist analysis of the movie. TLDR: the machines are capital / capitalism, and the matrix is a superstructure that encompasses all sensory experience.
minus-squareacabjoneslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 years agoGlad to see this analysis got shared here! Really makes me love the movies even more. What if Smith becoming all entities in Revolutions is a metaphor for monopoly capitalism sapping all vitality and dynamism from a society?
minus-squareboston_key_partylinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 years agoAnyone with unaddressed individualism can be turned into an agent of capital with threats or money
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Really interesting Marxist analysis of the movie.
TLDR: the machines are capital / capitalism, and the matrix is a superstructure that encompasses all sensory experience.
Glad to see this analysis got shared here! Really makes me love the movies even more. What if Smith becoming all entities in Revolutions is a metaphor for monopoly capitalism sapping all vitality and dynamism from a society?
Anyone with unaddressed individualism can be turned into an agent of capital with threats or money
A YouTube link was detected in your comment. Here are links to the same video on Invidious, which is a YouTube frontend that protects your privacy: