From the moment the film was born, humanity slowly changed. From imaginative readers to imaginative readers who shaped the world with their minds, to passive watchers fascinated by the huge screen. Once a hero was born from paper, it became three-dimensional glasses. Hypermasquerane men, incredibly beautiful women, shaped modern spirits with fantasies and desires.
Then the internet came. It has surpassed us even further from the real world. Instead of nature, family, or each other, we now become desperate for validation in the virtual realm, staring infinitely at the glowing screen. Are you a good person in the real world? It’s no longer a priority. In this era, even the darkest crimes can feel legal if they are far enough.
Actor Keanu Reeves shared an anecdote that was once unforgettable:
After listening to the plot of the Matrix, two teenage girls laughed. “We already live in the Matrix.” Their father added: they rarely leave their room or talk to their parents.
That’s the world we live in today.
The detachment has turned the ongoing massacre in Gaza into another muted headline that has been reduced to spectacles, taking urgency. Smart Screen Whisper: This is just another Marvel movie. Look away. It’s not your world.
But it’s the world. And in it, children are killed in food systems as a powerful government praises war criminals like Netanyahu. The US Congress rises to honor the men responsible for the 17,000 orphans who exist, perhaps out of anxiety, and perhaps from accomplice. Digitally frightening mail, political theatres, and tons of distractions have paralyzed our collective conscience.
Our morality, sterilized by Instagram and WhatsApp, now fits with hashtags and fleeting protests on safe roads. We are not courage, we are comforting heroes.
Meanwhile, the modern inquest of Trump and Netanyahu punish even brave voices of truth like Francesca Albanese.
Albanese said that was the best:
“A powerful person punishes those who speak for the helpless. It’s not strength. It’s guilt.”
This modern day Galileo does not succumb to the false gods of power. But many leaders do.
And we must awaken from our matrix dreams, from our digital sleep.
Because only by returning to the real world can we stop the murder of innocent people.
Meaning of our descent into modern medieval times. I hope you can get up before it’s too late.
By: Habib Ahmadzadeh
MNA/