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Red and blue capsule pills, like the ones shown in The Matrix (1999)

The terms "red pill" and "blue pill" refer to a choice between the willingness to learn a potentially unsettling or life-changing truth, by taking the red pill, or remaining in contented ignorance with the blue pill. The terms refer to a scene in the 1999 film The Matrix.

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Other uses

  • In Total Recall, Paul Verhoeven's 1990 space action film, Arnold Schwarzenegger's character is told by a doctor to take a red pill as a symbolic action to “awaken himself” from a simulated dream which the doctor says Schwarzenegger‘s character is trapped in. In reality, the doctor is an agent in a state-sponsored effort to neutralize Schwarzenegger‘s character.
  • The Blue Pill rootkit ("malware")—named in reference to the pill, as are the Red Pill techniques used to combat it—is a special type of software that utilizes the virtualization techniques of modern central processing units (CPUs) to execute as a hypervisor; as a virtual platform on which the entire operating system runs, it is capable of examining the entire state of the machine and to cause any behavior with full privilege, while the operating system "believes" itself to be running directly on physical hardware, creating a parallel to the illusory Matrix. Blue Pill describes the concept of infecting a machine while Red Pill techniques help the operating system to detect the presence of such a hypervisor.[1] These concepts were described by Joanna Rutkowska in 2006.
  • In cybersecurity, a red pill is any means of detecting hooking or virtualization. It is frequently used by anti-cheat, antirootkit software, malware, and digital rights management, etc. Red pills usually make use of real-time clocks to measure the time it takes for critical operations and interactions with peripheral hardware to occur, and compare the length of them with the expected length of such operations as they occur without virtualization. If the clock is compromised, the hypervisor can hide its presence by slowing the clock down in a controlled way, to hide the extra time imposed by virtualization.
  • Until they were removed from the Maemo operating system application installer in January 2010, certain advanced features were unlocked by a "Red Pill Mode" Easter egg to prevent accidental use by novice users but make them readily available to experienced users. This was activated by starting to add a catalog whose URL was "matrix" and then choosing to cancel. A dialog box would appear asking "Which pill?" with the choices "Red" or "Blue", allowing the user to enter red pill mode.[2][3] In "Red Pill" mode, the installer allows the user to view and reconfigure system packages whose existence it normally does not acknowledge. In Blue Pill mode the installer displays only software installed by a user, creating the illusion that system software does not exist on the system.
  • Leo the pig is given a red or blue pill choice in the 2003 short animated documentary The Meatrix, a parody of The Matrix.
  • In 2007 the neoreactionary blogger Curtis Yarvin used the terms red pill and blue pill to describe certain doctrines regarding democracy. Marking the first use of the terms in a political context.[4]
  • The choice between taking a blue or red pill is a central metaphor in the 2011 Arte documentary film Marx Reloaded, in which philosophers including Slavoj Žižek and Nina Power explore solutions to the global economic and financial crisis of 2008–09. The film also contains an animated parody of the red/blue pill scene in The Matrix, with Leon Trotsky as Morpheus and Karl Marx as Neo.[5]
  • In some parts of the men's rights movement, the term "red pill" is used as a metaphor for the specific moment when they come to the belief that certain gender roles they are expected to conform to, such as marriage and monogamy, are intended to solely benefit women, rather than for mutual benefit.[6][7] In 2016, a documentary titled The Red Pill was released, which deals with the men's rights movement.
  • In 2017, political activist and commentator Candace Owens launched Red Pill Black, a website and YouTube channel that promotes black conservatism in the United States. The term is used as a metaphor for the process of rejection of previously believed leftist narratives.[8]
  • In May 2020, Elon Musk tweeted "Take the red pill",[9] agreeing with a Twitter user that it meant taking a "free-thinking attitude and waking up from a normal life of sloth and ignorance".[10] Ivanka Trump retweeted this, stating "Taken!" Lilly Wachowski, a director of The Matrix, responded to this exchange with "Fuck both of you".[11]

Controversy

Because of the phrase's close association with the manosphere, a couple of music acts have found themselves in controversy over the term "red pill". Maroon 5's 2017 album, Red Pill Blues was brought to the attention of social media - to which group members were unaware of its association with the men's rights movement. Guitarist James Valentine stated “We’re like, ‘Oh man, of course, like 2017 is the worst.’ We were talking about the scene in ‘The Matrix’ ― do you take the red pill or the blue pill? And the fact that seeing the world for what it is in 2017 can be kind of rough … We had no idea about the association with men’s rights,” Valentine said. “Hopefully, everyone knows from all of our pasts that from our statements on the issue and our actions in the past ― that we are all hardcore feminists in the band. So that’s a horrible association, ugh, to have. The internet trolls have to ruin everything".[12]

In 2018, Mello Music Group rapper Red Pill decided to go by his birth name Chris Orrick to purposely distance himself from the phrase.[13] Orrick revealed the reason for the change on social media, stating: "Over the last couple of years, I've noticed a growing movement on the internet called "The Red Pill" that continues to gain momentum. They spew hate and ignorance, in a totally misconstrued interpretation of the famous scene in the movie "The Matrix" that we both draw inspiration from. I tried to ignore it, but given my own values and principles and especially given the current political and social climate that we live in, I couldn't live with myself being associated with their bullshit. From now on I'm going by my real name. You can call me Chris".[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ Joanna Rutkowska. "Red Pill... or how to detect VMM using (almost) one CPU instruction" (archive), Invisible Things Lab
  2. ^ "Red Pill mode". maemo.org wiki. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  3. ^ "src/repo.cc". hildon-application-manager. Line 153. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  4. ^ Yarvin, Curtis (April 24, 2007). "The Case Against Democracy: Ten Redpills". Unqualified Reservations.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Marx Reloaded trailer". Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  6. ^ "Men's rights movement: why it is so controversial?". The Week. February 19, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  7. ^ Sharlet, Jeff (March 2015). "Are You Man Enough for the Men's Rights Movement?". GQ. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  8. ^ Ames, Elizabeth (September 13, 2017). "Liberals Sick of the Alt-Left Are Taking 'the Red Pill'". Fox News. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  9. ^ Bowles, Nellie (May 19, 2020). "Tesla Owners Try to Make Sense of Elon Musk's 'Red Pill' Moment". The New York Times. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  10. ^ Musk, Elon (May 19, 2020). "Red pill has become a popular phrase among cyberculture". Twitter. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  11. ^ Ball, Siobhan (May 18, 2020). "'Matrix' co-director Lilly Wachowski tells Elon Musk, Ivanka Trump 'f**k both of you'". Daily Dot. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
  12. ^ Moraski, Lauren. "Maroon 5 Guitarist Clears Up Confusion Over 'Red Pill Blues' Album Title". huffpost.com. Verizon Media. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  13. ^ Zavala-Offman, Alysa. "Detroit rapper sheds 'Red Pill' moniker amid rise of similarly named 'menimist' group". metrotimes.com. Detroit Metro Times. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  14. ^ Slingerland, Calum. "Detroit Rapper Chris Orrick Retires His Red Pill Moniker". exclaim.ca. Exclaim!. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
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