The Zero-Six Contingent
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| Name: | The Zero-Six Contingent |
| Date(s): | c. 2003 - 2009 |
| Moderator: | Neo and Trinity Bremerton |
| Founder: | Neo Bremerton |
| Type: | pop culture paganism |
| Fandom: | The Matrix |
| URL: | truthofthespoon.net (via Wayback) |
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The Zero-Six Contingent or Veritas Zero-One was a belief system and movement of The Matrix fans and associates. It was founded by a fan using the name Neo who was a member of a plural system (formerly identifying as a soulbond). The movement has also been called Truth of the Spoon, Daemmerung, and New Dawn Rising. Neo claimed in 2007 that there were over 1,200 members.[1]
Beliefs
The main tenets of the "Mission" surrounding the Zero-Six Contingent are simple enough at first glance: the idea that "reality is subjective, not collective", and that every human being has, from birth, been handed a pre-packaged "reality" in the form of their societal construct: i.e., you're raised to believe - to "know" - that X is real, Y is impossible, that W is fiction and Z is non-fiction, that anyone who doesn't see that line the same way you do doesn't have a "grasp on reality", and that M or J or B are what "responsible, rational human beings do"; the way they live their lives. [...] The Contingent's main point is that the root of all of humanity's past and coming devastation is fear - fear of the individuality that should, by rights, belong to human beings just by the nature of their humanity. And that this fear comes from blindness; tunnel vision; the seeing only what you're expected as a "rational member of society" to see.DK[2]
Quotes from Members
What makes the Zero-Six Contingent so unique and different from any other group is that it has nothing to do with religion, worship, gods and conforming to another set of collective rules, another system – if it were the mission would be just like every other, another system. A path that promotes freedom, peace and freedom of choice, where people don't need to change their beliefs, don't have to conform to a set of rules to be accepted and are encouraged to make their own choices, to follow their own path and to take what they want from the message - which is freely available at no cost to anyone, this is not about any sort of financial gain: it's about love.Zeal.Freemind[2]
Further Reading and Meta
- The Article to End All Articles by DK (c. 2007)
- Codex Veritas Neo by Neo (c. 2008)
- The Fandom Cults of Draven by LB Lee