Matrix Control

The Matrix is a film from 1999 directed by Andy and Larry Wachowski. The film features Keanu Reeves who is formally known as Thomas Anderson, but more commonly called Neo. Neo has been searching for Morpheus and when he finds him, Neo choses to question his world and see a system that has controlled and taken advantage of him.
    Once removed from the system called the Matrix, it is explained to Neo that his view of reality has been created to hold his mind as prisoner and turn his body into a battery for machines with artificial intelligence that have taken control of the world.  The Matrix represents the evil of a system that controls the mind because the subjects do not usually question its control just as people today do not typically question the way of life into which they are born. However, there is a redeeming factor seen in the longing of characters who wish to look at the boundaries of the system. Those, like Neo who chose the “red pill” and challenge what is presented to them as truth are in the processes of redeeming themselves because they are attempting to change the system. This is not to say that redemption is entirely individual because just as the crew of the “Nebuchadnezzar” brings people out of the Matrix, so are we tasked to encourage others to test their way of life.
    The Matrix shows that the search for redemption, the search for truth, both for yourself as well as for the encouragement of others, is the purpose of humanity. Neo was not taken out of the Matrix and held prisoner in the new reality, but was prepared to re-enter and spread the knowledge he had received. The deception of the Matrix and the truth of the real world can be associated with the nature of the empire and the kingdom of God. Where the deception of the Matrix and the empire is meant to enslave, the truth of the kingdom is meant to make people free.

What are some examples of systems that control us?

How can we challenge these systems?