There were several hints at Marxism, nihilism, and anarchism throughout the films. The Wachowskis also implied that [[Frederich Nietzsche]] played a role in the creation of the franchise alongside Cornel West's ''Prophecy Deliverance'' and Jean Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulation. In addition, the films were rather infamous for causing people to commit murder in inspiration of the messages in the movie, which eventually caused the judicial system to create a new court defense called "The Matrix defense", a variation of the Insanity plea.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/05/21/ctv.matrix.insanity/</ref>
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There were several hints at Marxism, nihilism, and anarchism throughout the films. The Wachowskis also implied that the works of [[Friedrich Nietzsche]] played a role in the creation of the franchise alongside Cornel West's ''Prophecy Deliverance'' and Jean Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulation. In addition, the films were rather infamous for causing people to commit murder in inspiration of the messages in the movie, which eventually caused the judicial system to create a new court defense called "The Matrix defense", a variation of the Insanity plea.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/05/21/ctv.matrix.insanity/</ref>
==The Matrix Precursor: Prescient Quotes on Police State Computer Surveillance==
==The Matrix Precursor: Prescient Quotes on Police State Computer Surveillance==