Seems the author has fused together three iconic art elements: The Matrix (blue pill), Alice in wonderland (the rabbit hole & depth of ones perception) and the Avatar (the creation of false Avatars of freedom, justice & liberty so we can get what we really want - their resources). Art is usually a reflection of reality.

Think Neo is picked because he is the hero of the matrix who is prophesied to bring upon change. The reader here is Neo (the Hero) who will bring upon change but first needs to understand true reality and come out of the matrix.

Perhaps this might make sense to those who haven't already taken the 'blue pill'.

The Borg were/are never in any sense benign.
We ARE all Borg now. And furthermore our Blue pill machine "culture" is killing us and all of Earthkind too - it is all part of the same process.
Meanwhile I much prefer the assessment of the human situation and how we got to here in 2013, given in the set of essays available here - by an author who has obviously taken the Red pill and been down the rabbit hole too http://www.wildriverreview.com/user/63#article_list

This article was a very insightful read. Junaid you’ve been able to capture all the key facts and considerations for this conflict so succintly. It was very clever of you to keep readers engaged with playing out the classic dialogue from the famous matrix movie (not sure why some of us didn’t follow?). This is by far the best article I’ve read on this issue – keep writing as im sick and tired of reading the same garbage minus the facts that I read when America was about to go to war with Iraq. The media seems to have done a ctrl find on Iraq and replaced it with Syria. Thank you for reminding us that the prophet of profits are maintaining their viscous hold on their dollars so that the rest of humanity suffers under the banner of liberation. Unfortunately it’s all a very heartbreaking but a familiar story we’ve come accustomed to hearing – like you I’ve made my choice.

Hi Junaid,

I am torn between calling this a very bad case of “bring in the men in white coats” and a Mythology/Hollywood based production of deep, meaningful and historic philosophical proportions.

After much deliberation and several “communications” with the planet “Alternative Reality”, I have been advised to call in the Daleks and have your tome “exterminated”.

IMHO, it is the biggest load of surrealist/post modernist/reverse engineered rubbish I’ve ever seen Graham Y publish. The really sad part about your missive is that there are people on this thread who actually profess to “understand” it.

Since you love Sci-fi so much, I’m reminded of the following dialogue as to why the “rest” of the population was not following (You)?

"Ah. Well it's funny you should say that," he said and allowed himself a slight frown at Ford Prefect, "because curiously enough we haven't heard a peep out of them since we left five years ago ... but they must be behind us somewhere."

He peered off into the distance again.

Ford peered with him and gave a thoughtful frown.

"Unless of course," he said softly, "they were eaten by the goat ..."

"Ah yes ..." said the Captain with a slight hesitancy creeping into his voice, "the goat ..."

His eyes passed over the solid shapes of the instruments and computers that lined the bridge. They winked away innocently at him. He stared out at the stars, but none of them said a word. He glanced at his first and second officers, but they seemed lost in their own thoughts for a moment. He glanced at Ford Prefect who raised his eyebrows at him.

"It's a funny thing you know," said the Captain at last, "but now that I actually come to tell the story to someone else ..."

Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.

Keep telling the story Junaid, keep telling the story

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