Boy, The Matrix really botched it, huh? Globalization wasn’t the savior of the neoliberal dream—it was the wrecking ball. The economy nosedived, the market shrugged, and deregulation turned out to be about as effective as a screen door on a submarine. We got the 2008 housing crisis, the environment threw in the towel, a pandemic swept through, and the rich turned wealth inequality into an extreme sport. Oh, and let’s not forget the rise of Vanlords—because who doesn’t dream of paying rent to live in the back of a sprinter van? Forget red pills; they should’ve been pitching Universal Basic Income all along.