they didn't believe in the movie, doesn't mean they were afraid of the message. it means they thought it's not going to do well. they don't give a shit about the message. if it makes them money, any message is fine. that's capitalism.

According to Crews, the film's satirical depiction of corporations made the film financially unviable, while Judge attributed 20th Century Fox's decision to negative test screenings

my bet is that Judge knows more than Crews on this.

the fact that NPR didn't in this case get into why the world is idiotic doesn't mean it isn't there. again, they could've easily just not mention it at all if it weren't important.

you know you can just make a movie and say "here's a movie 500 years into the future. everyone's dumb now", right? i doubt anyone would even question it. there are so many reasons why you would just say "oh yeah, lol makes sense". defunding public education, rise of anti-intellectualism, capitalism in general... you could just not say anything (you know, since it's "irrelevant").

yet they chose to say why. and they chose dysgenics for why. which is again factually wrong. that's not how intelligence works. so the movie itself is idiotic in including that.