It's probably closer to one of the Matrix's inspirations, a novel named "Neuromancer". We simply battle endless Tessier-Ashpool Clones who are richest people in the world. Meanwhile the common people get extreme plastic surgery and jack into the internet to watch influencers with cameras (albeit in the novel, implanted in their eyes) show off their affluent lifestyles in real time.

PS, that novel came out ~1981.