In original script of the Matrix, humans were not being harvested for their BTUs of body heat to power the machines (which would be pointless to do without violating the laws of thermodynamics), instead the human brains were being hijacked to increase the computational power of the machines. Humans thought patterns and the "machinery" of our neurons were manipulated into serving only the machines. Executives thought it was too nerdy and complicated, so they made the Wacowski trannies change it.
In a similar vein, our elites are highjacking human thought patterns (and this be as mundane as pushing specific MSM narratives) to control our behaviors and emotions to serve their own needs and keep us in a prison we cannot see, feel, or touch.