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[-] errer@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It isn’t supporting any sort of selective breeding program at all, in fact it’s the exact opposite: it’s saying that all people should be raising kids to avoid a situation where the culture nosedives to the lowest common denominator. The supporting characters start coming around towards the end of the movie because they are not inherently stupid, just brainwashed.

[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 years ago

Just because it doesn't support an explicit breeding program, doesn't mean it can't dabble in negative eugenics.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

For someone that says he isn't pro-eugenics, Mike Judge certainly made a very pro-eugenics movie. It's simply undeniable, whatever his intentions.

A common criticism of Idiocracy is that it's most appreciated by some of the people it purports to mock, faux intellectuals. I don't think it's a coincidence how many of its most fervent online supporters lack the intellectual honesty to admit such an obvious fact.

[-] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago

A common criticism of Idiocracy is that it's most appreciated by some of the people it purports to mock, faux intellectuals.

Given how much on the movie is spent dunking on stupid people (i.e. stand-ins for republicans), I don't think that's surprising at all.

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