pdkl95May 2016Recommends
A better explanation, that highlights how it isn't just "stupidity", but the combination of stupidity and ambition . ▶ this video
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Why 'Idiocracy' Would Actually Be A Utopia
Why 'Idiocracy' Would Actually Be A Utopia on HackerTube: recommended by 1 Hacker News commenter across 1 month, 2016–2018.
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A short Cracked video arguing, tongue in cheek, that the world of the film Idiocracy would actually be a utopia. It plays with the movie's premise and today's politics.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited in passing to support the half-serious argument that Idiocracy's world is a utopia.
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3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
smegger001Sep 2018Cites it
I would trade President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho for Trump any day. At least Mr Dwayne tried to appoint the smartest people available (the protagonist). There is even a argument that Idiocracy is a utopia. ▶ this video
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jdietrichFeb 2018Cites it
The world of Idiocracy is a utopia. They're not only willing but eager to appoint the smartest man in the world to high office. President Camacho steps aside as soon as he realises that there is someone better qualified to be president. The movie shows a world that is deeply dysfunctional, but also devoid of any signs of bigotry, hatred or totalitarianism. There are no death camps, no migrations of starving people, no persecuted minority being scapegoated for the food crisis. We should envy those happy idiots. ▶ this video
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