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[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 171 points 1 year ago (8 children)

People are not more stupid than before. They are just more ignorant, bigoted, lazy, and scared. And this is not an accidental outcome.

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 68 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Nooo! It's because stupid people have too much sex and smart people don't breed enough! Probably part of the gay agenda! /s

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

Pleeeeaase don't think about the fact that this movie is kind of basically supporting pushing eugenics... It's totally a political commentary about how bad Republicans are, and definitely not actually propagating hardcore Randian Libertarian ideals in its insistence that certain types of people are just inherently, genetically, more suited to rule over others.

[–] errer@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

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.

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[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

People are definitely not more bigoted and ignorant. They just feel it's now safer to express their bigotry.

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago
[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

They just feel it’s now safer to express their bigotry.

Which has a memetic effect on the population. The more bigotry ideas are expressed, the more new people feel that those ideas have value. Andrew Tate is an example of a super spreader.

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[–] veganpizza69@lemmy.world 52 points 1 year ago (2 children)

When you realize that Idiocracy is way better than where we're headed.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

They had to make the future people somewhat likable and sympathetic for a comedy movie. In reality, they'd be much more short tempered, racist, sexist, and violent.

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[–] UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 40 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The pseudoscience behind it is straight from eugenics.

[–] yuki2501@lemmy.world 56 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Despite that, its depiction of an ignorant society unaware of the technology supporting it was incredibly prophetic. If we ignore the "dumb people reproducing" bit, we can see it as a warning about how an uneducated society is detrimental for everyone.

I mean, we have flat earthers, for fuck's sake.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

The problem is it's also a society without users and abusers. It's just a story about dumb people.

But the reason society seems to be trending stupider isn't because we're naturally focusing on shunning intelligence... it's because the rich and powerful are using their influence to put that idea in our heads. They want a stupider, and more malleable, society to manipulate.

That is the biggest problem we're facing right now. And ignoring the root cause basically means you're pushing a boulder up a steep hill, just for it to roll back down again.

We always had village idiots. Social Media just allowed them to find each other.

I'm not worried with flat earthers as much as theocrats amd other form of politically motivated extremism.

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[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 year ago

That is the thing.

Idiocracy is a universe where intelligence is shunned. Being smart is a bad thing and reading books can get you beaten up. It is basically anti-intelligence.

While in our universe we have more of a pseudoscience problem. People who want to be smart, it is revered. But they fall for pseudo-intelligence. (Flatearthers, anti-vaxxers, climate deniers, ...)

[–] Stubb@lemmy.sdf.org 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If there was a movies circlejerk community on lemmy, this would be the top of all time post.

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[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago

We are now in the Handmaid's Tale

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I don't like idiocracy bc irl the opposition is not actually stupid, they know exactly what they are doing. Also the eugenics is not fantastic

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[–] jaschen@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Welcome to Costco, I love you.

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[–] Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's comforting to know that while things may seem to be going in one direction, the opposite is actually happening. IQ isn't a static measurement, nor is it all that useful.. However it has been trending upwards ever since it's inception. Meaning that what 100 IQ currently is used to be closer to 130 back in our grandparents time.

[–] fuck_u_spez_in_particular@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That was true for the past, but IIRC recent studies have shown that this trend reverses for the first time

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[–] match@pawb.social 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

wait, what country is on six year election cycles and has elections this year

[–] Johnmannesca@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Well the senate and most governors are on a six year cycle

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