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0 pointstimdiggerm10mo ago0 comments

You may have missed that Idiocracy is a pro-eugenics film, in which the populace got stupider by way of being fecund. It's not about this problem, really.

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rapind10mo ago

> You may have missed that Idiocracy is a pro-eugenics film

I kinda see how you got there, but man.

This is the same guy behind Office Space and Bevis and Butthead. He's poking fun at out of touch intellectuals and consumption. Calling it pro-eugenics though...

torlok10mo ago

The whole premise hinges on "dumb" people outbreeding "high IQ" people. The movie isn't about the failure of the education system, consumer compliance, or anything like that. The movie feels pro-eugenics, even if that wasn't the intention, and it's just trying to poke fun at stereotypes.

potato373284210mo ago

Idiocracy is only pro eugenics in the same way that any piece of comedy that criticizes anything or takes something to the extreme can be construed as being for the opposite thing.

blooalien10mo ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marching_Morons

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