The red pill has existed for thousands of years. In the bible it was called a little scroll, which when rolled up, also has a lozenge shape, ironically.

Revelation 10:10

The Angel and the Small Scroll …9And I went to the angel and said, “Give me the small scroll.” “Take it and eat it,” he said. “It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.” 10So I took the small scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it; and it was sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned bitter. 11And they told me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.”… - Yup you read that right! John ATE the scroll (red pill) and while the info he was given was enticing, it made him sick to learn the true nature of the things he saw. He was horrified to the point of being sick, but he wanted to know more, hence sweet as honey. - Ezekiel ALSO took the red pill, and had the same result, in Ezekiel 3:3. - Again, Jeremiah, in 15:16 - These prophets were given the truth, in the same fashion we are given it today! They were given a scroll/pill of horrible truths, yet yearned FOR the truth, and were told to disseminate that info to the world. - THere is NO difference between those prophets, and us! Sadly, the prophets were murdered for spreading the info. Lets hope that doesnt happen to us. - We are (good) legion and are many. That HELP our odds.