In part I of The Meatrix, Leo meets moopheus. Moopheus tells Leo that he is living in a fantasy and that nothing is real. He offers him a blue pill and a red pill just like in the movie The Matrix. The blue pill would have allowed leo to stay in the meatrix, and the red pill would show him the truth. Leo takes the red pill and wakes up out of his fantasy. He is now in a modern day farm where pigs are packed together as tightly as possible and live under cruel conditions. He learns that all farms are now owned by big industries. All the animals are given antibiotics to prevent diseases caused by their harsh living conditions. These antibiotics are making the animals become immune to mwdicine and soon all of the farm animals will have diseases that are incurable. Leo decides to do something about it and fight the big indistries by joining moopheus in the battle against the meatrix.
In part II of the Meatrix, Moopheus tells leo that he has freed over ten million minds from the meatrix. Moopheus shows Leo how much better farms were before the big industries took over, and how dirty and unhealthy they are now. For example, in the modern day dairy factory the cows aren't milked by people, they are milked by machines. When the cows are no longer able to produce milk they are sent off to be slaughtered for meat. They pump up the cows with artificial hormones to make them produce more milk and make them bigger so there is more meat. They are also fed cows blood when they are young. (As moopheus sai" the dead are fed back to the living") Moopheus is kidnapped by the agents of the meatrix and he tells leo to stop the dairy farms....
In part II 1/2 of the Meatrix, Leo and the chicken rescue moopheus from the agents and learn about the meat packing industries on the way. They see how poorly the meat is taken care of. The dead cows leak feces onto the other meats, infecting them before they are even cut. The workers get injured because of how fast the meat goes through the packing process. To maximize profits, the industries speed up the machines which slaughter and cut up the cows. The meat goes through the machines so fast that it isn't taken care of as well as it should be. When they speed up the process they minimize safety and the workers get hurt. E. coli is also a big problem when the meat isn' t taken care of properly. Many people suffer because of how greedy the meat packing industry is. The meatrix videos are a clever way of showing people how their food is prepared, and shows them the alternative to these kinds of farms, which is organic foods.
Good summaries! :-)
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