New Post at The Dragonfly: How the Truther Movement became Anti-Rationalist

In The Matrix, the character breaks through to the truth, and discovers that supposedly free citizens are slaves. Reproduced under Fair Use.

To follow up on my June 2017 post, Red Pill, Blue Pill, Green Pill, Black Pill, I am exploring how the coronavirus pandemic is exposing flaws and distrust in the system. Anti-establishment sentiment starts with a Millennial desire for real truth over authoritative facts. I begin with a look at how metaphors work in literature, when they take truth one step away from reality:

Red-Pilled Meta-Truthers
and Platonic Outsiders