Science Fiction & Fantasy Asked on March 6, 2021
In all three movies, we see how redpills don’t mind killing innocent bluepills in order to achieve their goals, such as when
If a bluepill is possessed by an Agent, it’s just a matter of self-defense, but when there are security men trying to stop redpills from entering a building, the redpills seem to shoot first and ask questions later. Bluepills are innocent humans, so do the redpills have any feelings of remorse whatsoever for murdering any bluepills in their way, or for being indifferent about endangering innocent bluepills?
No, such concerns have never been vocalised in any of the Matrix films.
Some background. According to Morpheus, if you die in the Matrix, you die in "real" life:
Neo: [in pain] I thought it wasn't real.
Morpheus: Your mind makes it real.
Neo: If you're killed in the Matrix you die here?
Morpheus: The body cannot live without the mind.
Morpheus goes one step further and says that the innocents who live their lives, unaware that they are within The Matrix, are their enemy.
The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But 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 inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it.
It's even confirmed in the canonical comic, An Asset to the System, that these "blue-pills" are normal humans who are dying. A young security guard, with dreams of becoming a police officer, is shot by both an Agent and a "red-pill" and then we briefly see his dead body in reality.
However, despite this, according to Matrix film editor Zach Staenberg's DVD commentary, the guards you see in the iconic 'Lobby Scene' are in fact virtual constructs rather than real people:
"And one thing, the one thing that I find pretty interesting about this scene is that, um, nobody actually dies. That all these people are virtual. Which is the wild thing about this whole movie, that and is the stuff of, uh, great discussion and that is, if you're killing a computer construct then is it really violent at all? If it's just an amorphous computer simulation and a cathartic experience..."
There is some debate among fans if Staenberg's understanding is really the correct one.
Thanks to user Valorum for their research.
Correct answer by Django Reinhardt on March 6, 2021
Morpheus alluded to his feelings about humans yet to be unplugged from the Matrix, during the "woman in the red dress" scene in the first film:
MORPHEUS: The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But 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.
A cop writing a parking ticket stares at Neo from behind his sunglasses.
MORPHEUS: You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged, and many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system that they will fight to protect it.
A beautiful woman in a red dress smiles at Neo as she passes by.
MORPHEUS: Were you listening to me, Neo? Or were you looking at the woman in the red dress?
NEO: I was...
MORPHEUS: Look again.
Neo turns just as Agent Smith levels a gun at his face.
MORPHEUS: Freeze it.
Everything except Morpheus and Neo freezes.
NEO: This... this isn't the Matrix?
MORPHEUS: No. It's another training program designed to teach you one thing; if you are not one of us, you're one of them.
NEO: What are they?
MORPHEUS: Sentient programs. They can move in and out of any software still hardwired to their system. That means that anyone that we haven't unplugged is potentially an Agent. Inside the Matrix, they are everyone and they are no one.
According to this, every unplugged individual represents at least a potential threat, since they can be taken over at any time by an Agent. And even without being taken over by Agents, many of them are still "the enemy" on some level, since they help maintain -- and will actively fight to protect -- the system Morpheus and his crew are trying to bring down.
You can agree or disagree with Morpheus' logic, but either way, this appears to be his way of rationalising the killing and endangering of unplugged humans as a justifiable means to the end he and his crew are striving for.
Answered by LogicDictates on March 6, 2021
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