01-26-2018, 02:18 PM
Morpheus in The Matrix movie encapsulates the Stockholm syndrome when he said:
The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you’re inside, you look around, what do you see? Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of that system and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it.
Stokholm Syndrome is ‘A psychological phenomenon in which hostages express empathy and have positive feelings towards their captures, sometimes to the point of defending them.’
We see this all the time with human slaves defending The System which holds them in slavery. As the saying goes ... ‘They piss on us and we say it’s raining.’ Stockholm Syndrome is the stablemate of cognitive dissonance.
The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you’re inside, you look around, what do you see? Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of that system and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it.
Stokholm Syndrome is ‘A psychological phenomenon in which hostages express empathy and have positive feelings towards their captures, sometimes to the point of defending them.’
We see this all the time with human slaves defending The System which holds them in slavery. As the saying goes ... ‘They piss on us and we say it’s raining.’ Stockholm Syndrome is the stablemate of cognitive dissonance.