thingken bout the matrix:
i think the pills are reversed. the more likely way to enslave someone in a false reality is to make them believe they are a hero overcoming the odds, the saviour of humanity, the "one", as toiling in this reality and engaging in a phony fight against the machines would end up being the thing that keeps you enslaved by them (leftists raging against the machine whilst Harvard gives them honorary degrees). the actual real "red pill" reality is the Mr Anderson software programmer one we see at the start of the film, the boring drab life he leads, this is the more likely reality because it something you don't want to be in. it's unappealing. if you wanted to enslave someone in the matrix you would give them an attractive illusion, not one they want to escape from.