Idiocracy: a disturbingly prophetic look at the future of America - and our era of stupidity
Are we living in the age of stupid? The era of the idiot? The answer of course is yes, with examples of monstrous moronicism everywhere from climate deniers to the plandemic crowd who believe Covid-19 was cooked up in Bill Gates basement. On the other hand, human beings have always been illogical creatures. A better question is whether we are, as a species, becoming dumberer. If this is already the era of the idiot, what comes next?
An Idiocracy, according to film-maker Mike Judge. The Beavis and Butt-head, King of the Hill and Silicon Valley creators dystopian 2006 comedy (which he directed and co-wrote with Ethan Cohen) arrived with its own terminology to help us prepare for the upcoming reality TV special that we may call The Collapse of Reality Itself.
Suggesting that morons rather than nerds will inherit the earth, and that the results will be catastrophic, the film begins with a context-setting intro so real it hurts. Judge cuts between an intelligent adult couple discussing why they wont be having children right now (not with the market the way it is) and a ... less intelligent couple breeding like rabbits (I thought youse was on the pill or some shit?).
In the current era I couldnt help but think of the BirthStrikers, taking a reasoned response to the climate crisis while hordes of the hoi polloi refuse to accept there is even a problem. Also that famous quote from Charles Bukowski: The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/idiocracy-a-disturbingly-prophetic-look-at-the-future-of-america-%e2%80%93-and-our-era-of-stupidity/ar-AAMi8Wa
dalton99a
(81,442 posts)cilla4progress
(24,725 posts)Idiocracy was prescient.
So, what do we do about it?
kimbutgar
(21,126 posts)He thinks it become more of a documentary of how stupid Americans have become.
Vogon_Glory
(9,117 posts)and thinking surely not. After the 2016 election I wised up.
FoxNewsSucks
(10,429 posts)was that it is NOT going to take 500 years. We're almost there now.
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)Stuart G
(38,414 posts)Predicts much of the idiocracy in today's thinking...Unless you see it, you cannot believe what this
film predicted. You will never forget it. I haven't, & neither will you
Snackshack
(2,541 posts)The Brawndo party a longtime ago.
ffr
(22,668 posts)These are all conditions of lead poisoning and we've all been poisoned and all our IQs are lower because of it, 14 pts on average, to be exact. Your parents, my parents, anyone that's been alive during the period from 1927 - 1987 is carrying more lead in their blood than was the background level before that time period.
Coincidentally, people who appear to have the highest disregard for science and truths, are people who like to shoot guns that shoot lead, hang out at gun ranges where lead aerosols are prevalent and make it a family affair. By and large they love classic cars too, the ones that require the use of tetraethyl lead as a fuel.
Something to think about.
Beastly Boy
(9,304 posts)electrolytes. Today, I am sitting on a small fortune. Big enough to buy me a Buttfuckers fast food franchise.
(A humble request: before you alert the above as demented ramblings of a moron, please see the movie. It will explain the post better than you might otherwise expect)
Buns_of_Fire
(17,174 posts)It's Ow, My Balls! Which, by the way, has been nominated for three Emmys...