Many of us tend to look at life through our rose colored glasses if only we would take them off for a minute and take a dose of reality. As human one of our greatest flaws is accepting reality and one of the prime examples of historical events that occur that people failed to accept reality was the great depression. In 1928 there was trouble in the American economy the stock value increased then suddenly fell causing the country to go into a great depression. The illusion that suddenly millions of shares went on sale cost the market big time. Though there were several warnings before the stock fell like the cuts back in the auto and ancillary industry caused stock market become unsteady. Now the economy went depression the people in that time were not able to realize that there would be consequences for their actions and ended up paying dearly for the poor choices they made. Since the great depression many people had lost their jobs.
  Socrates quotes "The Allegory of The Cave," he explains that giving up "the cave," the illusory reality (ideology) is painful, but gradually we accept the reality of the world outside the cave, and that world is better. the connection between this quote and the great depression is that the reality was the economy plummeted and so did most job which was a painful adjustment people had to face accept  for others is was unbearable ,some people took their own lives.
      Though condition became extremely bad from the depression life still goes on even though it is hard to accept the reality. The 1999 sequel the matrix conveys the harshness of reality that we seem to not like. However in The Matrix reality is a dystopia, while the illusion the machines have generated is the world as it was. The economy as it was in a dystopia. For many Americans life became dull cold and bitter. People were unable to buy food clothes and shelter. People had to start from scratch and this was the reality many had to face.