• dickalan
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    2 hours ago

    That’s not true at all. 

    In Idiocracy, the president and his cabinet put their smartest people (well, person) in charge with zero pushback and listened to and trusted expert opinion. When a policy failed (Brawndo went out of business and took the economy with it), there was swift punishment for those directly responsible, and when policy succeeded (crops were growing), they quickly pivoted and elevated those responsible. In Idiocracy, the most competent people were put in charge.

    What we have is MUCH worse; people stupid and short-sighted enough to destroy everything in the name of ego and greed, and just smart enough to be successful in their destruction of our societies, governments and planet.

    I would much rather be in Idiocracy if I’m being honest. At least those people were trying their best; can’t fault them for that.

    • mhz (ex lemm.ee)@lemmy.ml
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      30 minutes ago

      Even president Kamacho steped down for a smarter person. Idiocracy is way optimistic than what we have today.