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In the years following the victory of the Machines over Humanity, massive spires were built, each containing human bodies as an electrical power source in substitute for the unavailable solar power they had used before the humans blacked out the sky. However, for their system to be most effective, the human mind had to be active. Keeping humanity in a comatose state would severely reduce the power at their disposal, while awake humans would try to escape.
The Machines turned to a third option as their solution, the creation of an artificial life for humanity, a virtual reality where man could live out his life without knowing he was in bondage.
The first Matrix was a perfect utopia, a world without violence, poverty, disease, a world where no man lacked for anything, and all men were brothers. It failed, due to what the Machines believed was Man's inherent inability to accept a world without suffering.
For their second attempt, the Mach8nes chose a more historical model. Looking through the annals of human history, they analyzed his tendencies, his predispositions. In the end, they created what would be considered a model dystopia, a culmination of the ideals of Hitler, Stalin, and other dictators throughout human history.
They created a world divided into three superstates, each at continual war with each other, each alike in ideology and strategy for control. Poverty was the norm, and the Thought police crushed all forms of dissent.
But also, in order to not let themselves stagnate like they believed their creators had, the Machines created an enemy for themselves. They released a group of humans from their control, and drove them to a city that had been created especially for them to fight with, a city called Zion, to play the role of a Resistance against them.
For more historical information, an account of Winston Smith, a man who helped bring down Big Brother and the Second Incarnation of the Matrix, a man who helped bring the redemption of both Man and Machine a bit closer, will now be played.
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A/N: This was ported over from , where I wrote it. Enjoy.
