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Comparisons to "Idiocracy" aren't valid you say? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago by db2@lemmy.world to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world

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It's got what plants crave.

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[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

The Media: "He's just Plain Folks! The common man's entertainment at the Royal Palace!"

[–] db2@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

This isn't directed at the community, I thought it might be useful in discussions elsewhere.

[–] darklamer@feddit.org 2 points 5 days ago

Why is it spelled "Octogon"?

[–] TrippingBalls@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

They are putting the circus tent over the Whitehouse

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (20 children)

The entire point of Idiocracy wasn't that "society might become Idiocracy" it's that society is always Idiocracy

The thing the movie did was take a "common man" and throw him into a civilization where he is that intelligent compared to everyone else. Like Gullivers Travels, those lands existed before and after Gulliver went there, him going there was just to compare those fictional islands to a reference point the read can identify with.

But right now, for as long as human civilization has existed, and for however long we keep it going...

For some people it's always been Idiocracy. And there's literally nothing that can ever be done about that, except making the most intelligent members of a society less intelligent or not members of society

It's one of the most misunderstood movies and people just fucking love bringing it up.