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• Hyggyldy@sffa.community ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Just remember that, regardless of the creators’ intents, Idiocracy is essentially pro-eugenics.

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  • FabioTheNewOrder@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s not true at all, genetics only play a part in the mental development of a person, much if it is related to the environment where this person has been growing.

    It is as with talent, some people are better than other at certain activities but even the most gifted person cannot compete with a professional who has spent his life training and studying his craft.

    The same can be said for “intelligence”, if you are never taught to think you’ll never think once in your lifetime, even if you are the exact copy of Leonardo da Vinci; on the other hand even if you are thick as a rock but you’ve been growing in a society focused on your development you’ll be able to become a normal person.

    Eugenetic politics do nothing for humanity betterment, social structure is much more important IMHO

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    • pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Eugenics IMO is just another way to blame poor people for the bad luck of their birth. If we truly wanted to “perfect humanity” there are a million better ways, like free education.

      Just piggy backing off of what you’re saying

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      • FabioTheNewOrder@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Absolutely. Poverty comes never alone, it usually brings other friends to the party. Like poor education, lack of security, stress, poor nurishment and poor social environment. All this together can easily bring out the worst of people, while the contrary can improve their conditions.

        If you are focused on surviving you’ll never be able to grow as we are all supposed to

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    • Hyggyldy@sffa.community ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Okay, I agree with you and I’m not sure why you’re saying I’m wrong. That movie definitely has a eugenics bent and that’s why I’m saying people shouldn’t put too much stock in it.

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      • FabioTheNewOrder@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Because the movie dies not hint at eugenetics as solution to the crisis, it’s a hymn against stupidity and a cry to better educate the masses. First of all about sexual education and the danger of unprotected sex and secondly about politics and civic duties. I mean, I really don’t see how one could interpret the message of the movie as “do eugenetics”, that’s all.

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      • pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yeah it’s in the opening thesis of the movie:

        uneducated people kept having more kids and learned people kept putting it off

        Not saying I agree with the premise at all, and I’m putting it much more lightly than the movie does.

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  • SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Idiocracy is satire.

    Do you think Fight Club was celebrating super cool guy Tyler Durden too?

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    • linearchaos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It certainly was intended to be satire. Seems that they kind of failed at that over time. We need a new word for when someone makes super cool and blow cereal.

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      • SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Blow cereal?

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  • RealFknNito@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If that’s the outcome of abstaining from eugenics, I’m willing to give it another shot.

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• triclops6@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You should be worried, in the movie they recognized their stupidity and made way for the smarter character to lead.

  our timeline is worse than idiocracy

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• tabular@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It is not a real phenomenon, though a useful tale for expressing a concept.

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