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Lyn Alden · 72w
gm In fiction, the point of view from how we see the story can often color how we perceive the ethics of characters. And of course, that lesson can apply in real life as well. If you ask most people...
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If we’re remembering correctly (it’s been a while since last seeing The Matrix), the narrative also manages to dehumanize the people they’re killing making it seem like a computer simulation with no “real impact”, which makes it easier for the audience (and Neo and Trinity) to not view those deaths as something to feel guilty about.
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Lyn Alden · 72w
The framing de-humanizes them but not necessarily for logical reasons. They are all real biological people that are plugged into the Matrix and die in real life if they are killed in the Matrix, and experience pain and so forth.