The prevailing Western worldview is materialism.

Materialism is generally alloyed to statism.
So, this is why we see global corporations running governments and most people acting as obedient worshipers of
government power.

The fact is that most of the people claiming to be Pagans
are employed by some large government entity or corporation.
They've already been double or triple vaccinated.

The matrix is a highly technological physical phenomenon in
the service of a Skynet type AI.