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We need a followup to Idiocracy (lemmy.ml)
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Turns out, it was just the USA. Almost everyone else is communist and in space with satellites pointed at the US and laughing. They originally couldn't do anything to fix the States because of the nukes and nuclear capitalism just kept rewarding the most inbred failsons in an endless cycle like the royal families, but they disabled the nukes decades ago and isolated the States, leaving a constant horrific reminder of the inevitable results of capitalism (amid a longstanding debate about socialist self-determination).

The rise of president Notsure then gave them a sociological experiment and data too good to pass up, and the field of Sociology is having a resurgence it hasn't had in years.

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[โ€“] LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yes, and in the movie "smart" is a specific trait that is only influenced by your parents. It might not be arguing for a eugenics program, but it is saying that underlying idea of eugenics is correct, when it is not.

[โ€“] fort_burp@feddit.nl 2 points 2 days ago

only influenced by your parents

Huh? I didn't get that from the movie. There was also the cultural aspect of anti-intellectualism where people displaying any hint of intelligence are abused, physically and/or verbally, which cultivates further anti-intellectualism. Also in the intro scene the 2 groups juxtaposed were one that live in a trailer park (symbolizing the poors) and one that live in a mansion (symbolizing the wealthy). The movie takes place in the US so we know access is drawn exactly along those lines. I saw it as more of a materialistic framing, and backed by the well established relationship between education and birth rate, but I guess that's art, right? People walk away with different ideas after seeing the same thing.