good one from Adam Kinzinger re Idiocracy

[RussBLib]

Adam helped me remember some of the details of Idiocracy.

I look around at the corruption, the bluster, the nonsense and I can't help but feel that we are living in the movie "Idiocracy." And the credits are rolling.

In 2006, Mike Judge released Idiocracy, a satirical comedy so niche that Fox buried it with almost no marketing or wide release. The studio apparently didn't know what to do with it, but we became it.

The premise is deceptively simple: Joe Bauers, the most average man in America, gets frozen in a military experiment and wakes up 500 years in the future. Humanity, having out-bred intelligence for generations, has devolved into a civilization of breathtaking stupidity. Crops are dying because agribusiness replaced irrigation water with a sports drink called Brawndo: The Thirst Mutilator — because “it’s got electrolytes.” No one can explain what electrolytes are, only that Brawndo has them, and Brawndo is good, so shut up.

the rest of the column is here.

[aggiesal]

1. Idiocracy is a Documentary ...

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I had a hard time watching this, I thought it was complete crap, but funny.

Now we are living it & it's not so funny in real life.

[LuvLoogie]

2. Would that we had a President Camacho instead.

We'd be better off.

[RetiredParatrooper]

3. Camacho recognized the problem with his society

Which made him a better leader than Derp Führer.

[Mme. Defarge]

4. It's hard to top

advising people to drink bleach as a cure for Covid.

[Just Jerome]

5. Also see

the short story, “The Marching Morons,” by C. M. Kornbluth. It has a bit of a different take from “Idiocracy,” but still a credible tale.

[NJCher]

6. snip

The Marching Morons, a thought-provoking novella by C. M. Kornbluth, presents a chilling vision of a future dominated by mediocrity and conformity. Set in a world where intelligence is a rarity, this compelling narrative challenges readers to reflect on the consequences of societal complacency and the loss of critical thought.

[Just Jerome]

7. Why, thank you!