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FrodosPet

(5,169 posts) Fri Aug 28, 2015, 01:29 PM Aug 2015

We don't have to wait for "Idiocracy"

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We don't have to wait for "Idiocracy" (Original Post) FrodosPet Aug 2015 OP

I just want you to know that if you're insulting President Comacho... Shandris Aug 2015 #1

Yea, unlike future president trump, GummyBearz Aug 2015 #3

The best satire always holds an unflinching mirror to its subject. hifiguy Aug 2015 #2

Shandris

(3,447 posts)

1. I just want you to know that if you're insulting President Comacho...

Reply to FrodosPet (Original post)

Fri Aug 28, 2015, 01:39 PM

Aug 2015

...we may have a problem on our hands.

Idiocracy, much like Shadowrun the RPG, seems to be more of a prophecy than a piece of media. As was Brave New World and 1984, although mixed together in a rather unique fashion that nonetheless manages to encapsulate both particular variants of pure evil.

GummyBearz

(2,931 posts)

3. Yea, unlike future president trump,

Reply to Shandris (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 28, 2015, 01:43 PM

Aug 2015

president comacho would have the idea to put the smartest man in america in charge of fixing our problems

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)

2. The best satire always holds an unflinching mirror to its subject.

Reply to FrodosPet (Original post)

Fri Aug 28, 2015, 01:43 PM

Aug 2015

And Mike Judge hit a grand-slam. The US is just that idiocracy.

I wonder if the truth of his work makes him chuckle or sigh.

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