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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A huge portion of Americans aren't sure the earth is round and 'idiocracy' is fictional.

I'm okay with the more esoteric things being reserved for those who can comprehend them.

[–] GreatTitEnthusiast@mander.xyz 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Can people please realize that saying Idiocracy is a documentary is agreeing with eugenicists

[–] AppleTea@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 week ago

People living in a society that de-prioritizes and under-funds public education:

is-this Is this the result of Undesirables breeding?

[–] ech@lemm.ee 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Fallen into several arguments in Lemmy about exactly that. People give it way too much credence to what is functionally a eugenicist's nightmare. I have no hard feelings at Mike Judge or even the movie really, but it's fiction, not a warning from the future. Honestly, people need to stop treating fiction as documentary evidence in general. At best it's interesting thought experiments, not something one should base their world view on.