In the movie The Matrix, Neo awakens and ends up flushed down in a sewer. This is the most precise depiction of someone who managed to wake up from bullshit and learn the truth. When you are in the know, you can no more enjoy almost anything. The more you know, the less you are able to be functional in society. I clearly remember enjoying life before learning the truth. The problem is that you have no choice. If you are unaware, you are risking your life everyday like unaware cattle.
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TheTrigger ago
Huh, never picked up on that little tid-bit. Yeah, you're right, there— the realization, as soon as you wake up, that everything is shit. Even once you come to terms with it, all you're still doing is wading through shit. The only hope we have is to wake enough people up that we can turn around and rebuild a real, non-illusory society.
beefartist ago
It isn't a new idea...the Mistanthrope was a play about a guy who was woke and railed against all of his friends being sheeple. In the end they told him it wasn't as if they couldn't see, they just realized there were things they couldn't address and that he was an asshole at parties.