I know where you're coming from but they aren't going to get "better" unless the elite screw up big time.

We are entering Orwell's world signified by a boot stomping on a human face "forever".

There are possible existential threats that may derail them including tech gone wild that they can't protect themselves from. The "matrix" metaphor only works while the real world is stable. It's changing rapidly and we should see the extermination program kick into high gear in the next decades. Those of who remember the old days are dying off.