The Illuminati (or the elites, or whatever you want to call them - perhaps "Them") know our reality is simulated and have done for decades. Maybe even centuries.
They commissioned The Matrix films for two reasons:
1) For the masses: to make them dismiss the notion of a simulated reality as fiction – to hide the truth from the public. This has obviously worked: Whenever one mentions the notion of reality being simulated someone always mentions The Matrix and then imminently dismisses it as fiction and ends the discussion! And whenever someone presents them with a simulist account they go "oh, that's already been done, that's The Matrix". This effectively shuts down any attempt to discuss or even think about Simulism. Because of this they will not come to believe reality is simulated before The Simulation wants them to.
2) For the intellectual class: To prepare them for the truth – by seeding the notion in the fertile ground of popular culture decades before the truth will out, to make the news of a simulated reality an easier and more familiar pill for them to swallow. It would then be their job to present the facts of the situation to the general public.
At some point in the future the world will come to know that reality is simulated. Because of The Matrix franchise the intellectuals would be familiar with the concept and would be prepared to influence how the masses would take the news - a thing that would have to be done carefully.
The truth is hidden in plain sight, and is seen as a fanciful fiction.
They commissioned The Matrix films for two reasons:
1) For the masses: to make them dismiss the notion of a simulated reality as fiction – to hide the truth from the public. This has obviously worked: Whenever one mentions the notion of reality being simulated someone always mentions The Matrix and then imminently dismisses it as fiction and ends the discussion! And whenever someone presents them with a simulist account they go "oh, that's already been done, that's The Matrix". This effectively shuts down any attempt to discuss or even think about Simulism. Because of this they will not come to believe reality is simulated before The Simulation wants them to.
2) For the intellectual class: To prepare them for the truth – by seeding the notion in the fertile ground of popular culture decades before the truth will out, to make the news of a simulated reality an easier and more familiar pill for them to swallow. It would then be their job to present the facts of the situation to the general public.
At some point in the future the world will come to know that reality is simulated. Because of The Matrix franchise the intellectuals would be familiar with the concept and would be prepared to influence how the masses would take the news - a thing that would have to be done carefully.
The truth is hidden in plain sight, and is seen as a fanciful fiction.