Seeing as The Matrix is a metaphor for the sanctioned reality we share and drains us of energy for it's own maintenance, and governments actively de-humanize hi

Seeing as The Matrix is a metaphor for the sanctioned reality we share and drains us of energy for it's own maintenance, and governments actively de-humanize high aggression individuals and deploy them to brutalize designated 'enemy' populations to incite fear in the citizenry, I'd say we're already there.