I have a theory that every individual has an "IQ" that is influenced by genetic and cultural influences. Inside societies, these "IQ" scores can be measured with a bell curve, where in the center you have an average, and on the extremes you have proportional figures. My theory goes farther to say that people with an "average IQ" use generic lines and are made uncomfortable with matters far larger than them, preferring instead to allow these matters to be settled by those on the higher end of the spectrum. If you are on the higher end, even just a few points deviation above, you would see anyone below you as simple, but you would also be ostracized because just as they can't really handle those esoteric matters, they also can't handle esoteric people.
Many of these "high IQ" people might come up with theories about the rest of them, and this is reflected culturally. Patricians and Plebians, Vikings and Thralls, Jews and Goyim. Today the PC term is 'high class' and 'low class'. They might argue about souls, or how the other people act like robots, as a mechanism to help them understand the lesser creatures. This is because in our current culture of believing all humans to be equally capable, we've come to accept the idea that our intelligence is the average, and anyone simpler than us is literally retarded.
Reality is like the onions, it has many layers. The first level of "the matrix" is the level these simple people reside on. The second level "Zion" would be the eternal Redditor, who views things like Rick and Morty or atheism as inherently transcendental. They see themselves above the others and decide they wish to go no further. But it is just another layer. What you, as an individual, will have to determine is what level you are on, and whether or not you want to go deeper. Just realize that you are the exception, not the other way around. You were programmed to be an NPC just like them.