People reject guaranteed basic income because they're psychologically invested in existing systems like business and education. The speaker uses a Matrix monologue to show how system dependence creates resistance to change, then announces registrations for an actual UBI program.
The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. When you're inside, you look around, what do you see? Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of that system, and that makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inert, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it. Were you listening to me, Neo? Or were you looking at the woman in the red dress? I was— Look again. Freeze it. This— this isn't the Matrix. No. It's another training program designed to teach you one thing: if you are not one of us, you are one of them.
Open up now registrations to participate in our Universal Basic Income program, everyone. Um, so I'm going to leave
UBI - CIA Agent Explains Why Americans Will Never Get Universal Basic Income?
