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The expression comes from “the matrix” movie, and to just about everyone outside a small Reddit circle, has a well established meaning that does not include vio
by beagle3 6y ago
The expression comes from “the matrix” movie, and to just about everyone outside a small Reddit circle, has a well established meaning that does not include violence or exploitation in any possible way.
- 1_player 6y agoYes and no. "Take the red pill" comes from the Matrix, but the adjective "redpilled" is associated with a particular political and ideological fringe which started on Reddit's /r/TheRedPill, from which descended the various incel subreddits, MGTOW, etc. - to be fair, it wasn't that negative initially, just a bit questionable, but as it happens these days the place became more and more politicised, radical, hating women, and associated with the American far right and emotionally stunted angry teenagers.