To: combjelly who wrote (1581445 ) 1/5/2026 4:55:01 PM From: Tenchusatsu 2 RecommendationsRecommended By Eric pocotrader
Respond to of 1586956 CJ, the "Brain in a Vat" idea is now mainstream thanks to The Matrix . In turn, The Matrix has given rise to the "red-pill" movement, which forms the very basis of the "manosphere." Red Pill to Black Pill (NewAmerica.org) The “Red Pill,” a term that comes from the 1999 film The Matrix, has become a framework for individuals to describe their awakening to some previously hidden supposed reality. The major contemporary secular male supremacist movements—PUAs, men’s rights activists, The Red Pill, and Men Going Their Own Way (MGTOW)—all use this terminology to describe their “realization” that men do not hold systemic power or privilege. Instead, they awaken to the “truth” that socially, economically, and sexually men are at the whims of women’s (and feminists’) power and desires. As in the film, to be blue-pilled is to accept the mainstream narrative and choose to live in ignorance of the truths of the world. Red Pillers see themselves as intellectually superior to “blue-pilled normies.” The Red Pill terminology grew in male supremacist forums and was adopted more broadly by far-right and white supremacist groups to describe their own versions of awakenings, conspiracist worldviews that often overlaps with male supremacist positions, such as antifeminism. While "red-pillers" tend to be associated with young male MAGA incels, I see a LOT of similarities with the MAGA cultists on this very thread. In particular, the MAGA cultists here think they have awakened to the tr00th. They believe there are invisible forces at work to subjugate all of humanity to the whims of left-wing globalists. The Great Reset, the Deep State, blah blah blah. That explains why they think "only Donald Trump can save them from such a nightmarish scenario." That explains why they celebrate Trump's destructiveness, his horrible character, his cruelty, and his utter narcissism. They believe he's the only means to an end. Like I keep saying, nothing is real to them. Tenchusatsu