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[–] grue@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago* (4 children)

For the umpteenth fucking time, what's going on in the US today is not "Idiocracy!"

In Idiocracy, the people were stupid, but honest. This is not that. This is malicious, which is worse.

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[–] db2@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Give us a better correlation then.

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I suddenly realize you may have thought I was criticizing you, individually. Just so you know, that's not what I intended: I meant it as a general reaction to seeing that comparison made over and over again, and your instance of it just happened to be the one I attached it to.

Sorry about that.

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[–] db2@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 child)

That was what I read it as, no worries. I really can't think of a better correlation like that movie though. The stupid people part is key.

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Ah, I see how we differ now. I think the key isn't just that they're stupid, but more importantly that they're incurious, mean-spirited, cowardly, and duped by propaganda. And that the leadership is malicious and corrupt, not merely incompetent. As such, I think just about every other dystopia is a better fit than Idiocracy is. 1984, Fahrenheit 451, Star Wars: Andor -- take your pick!

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[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

Idiocracy is about what happens after the current time when smarter more level headed people are trying to put the pieces back together. We are in the prequel era, things are going to get worse before they get better.