Also:
- He changed his mind in light of new evidence
- He gave credit where credit was due (when the world was saved)
- He recognized there was a problem and sought out experts that could solve it
- He listened to the experts, even though he didn’t like what they were saying
Yeah he let Brawndo go out of business… I feel like in our current reality there’d be some bailout, and we’d keep on having crop failures
Fuck
Idiocracy went from funny because it’s so unbelievable. To unfunny because it’s too real. But now it’s starting to get unbelievable again as it portrays a future that’s too good to be true.
Will that make it funny again?
Honestly, Idiocracy might be the good ending to America. Not only was camacho objectively better than Trump at his job, but the underlying logic of most of the setting was strong too. Increased child protections? That’s good! Even if i don’t think Carl’s Junior should handle that. Advanced and easy medical system? Hell yeah! Legalized sex work? You love to see it! Heck, they might have kept capitalism but at least the apparent good guy in the system took over.
We genuinely might not even reach idiocracy’s level in my life time.
Not to mention the beer subscription, and corporate funded clothing.
‘Baitn’ Channel? C’mon!
While I agree with everything else, calling Idiocracy’s healthcare system advanced might be a stretch lol
They had a device that could diagnose various illnesses simply by shoving 3 rods into your various orfices. That’s considerably more advanced than any medical tech we have today.
We have no idea how accurate the diagnoses were though.
It’s also possible that the rods were completely unnecessary, and they were there just as a “we have to make poor people healthcare worse than rich people healthcare” measure. You know, like the hospital equivalent to Spotify ads for Spotify.
No kidding. Camacho saw the problems and wanted to solve them.
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Nope. He did shy from the challenge. “Build a wall and make Mexico pay for it” is not a serious attempt to deal with a structural socioeconomic issue.
That isn’t earnestness it’s lazy thinking. Might as well just pour Brawndo on it.
Just allow everyone in so it’s not illegal anymore. Problem solved.
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Views that include believing people who are different from you aren’t people at all should never be respected, for any reason, ever.
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It’s impossible for me to expand on thoughts that came from your head and not mine, so since I didn’t say that you’ll have to try again.
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Historically, it was open borders - as long as you had the correct skin color.
Ellis Island didn’t send anyone away - unless they had like TB or something.
In the 50’s - many Mexican Americans who were legally citizens were deported in “Operation Wetback.” Based on skin color/appearance - which matches with the reports of what ICE is doing now harassing Native Americans.
It’s never been about following rules, it’s always been about being the right kind of person
I dunno about that “most” man. The America I grew up believing in was the “give me your tired, your poor” America, and I bet a lot of us feel the same.
Borders are stupid.
They did a President Lex Luthor arc in the Superman comic books.
Lex Luthor turned his businesses over to a blind trust, hired great people from all walks of life, including an actual teacher to head the Dept. of Education, and treated people with respect and courtesy.
Paid*
Hey, you don’t know all the details of the deal. Maybe he gave her a lot of rope.
Very good 😆
This image should also mention their drinking habits. On the left, only drinks Brawndo.
On the right, drinks only 12 cans of diet coke per day.
I’ll take dumb over corrupt capitalist any day of the week.
Who in the right mind spell paid like that? 💀
Dwayne Camacho
Thanks to you I learned something:
Payed is a rare word that’s only used in nautical/maritime contexts. It can be used to refer to the act of coating parts of a boat with waterproof material or to the act of letting out a rope or chain by slackening it.
It’s copy pasted from google 🤮, but I verified it.
This meme made my day and gave me a good chuckle. Thank you.
and the film is also a giant commercial for eugenics which trump seems to be in favor of too.
Only the first 4 minutes, which is necessary to set up the remaining 80 minutes.
not really only that part, and even it was only the first part, it is the intro that as you say is necessary to set up the movie, thereby the whole foundation. sarah z has a great video on it :D
The movie is a satire on commercialism. Do you also think HG Wells’ Time Machine is about eugenics?
If you like, ignore the first 4 minutes and assume a virus made everyone stupid. The movie still works and there isn’t any further hint of eugenics.
The eugenics angle of Idiocracy is pushed by corporate PR so that companies like Starbucks are not associated with handjobs.
Recognizing a trend versus being a proponent of the most horrible to approach it is an Idiocracy level leap in logic.
Also, President Camacho was supposed to be a caricature of how bad it could get, not an actually better choice.
not really. i recommend watching sarah z’s analysis from a few years ago on the movie.
President Camacho was supposed to be a caricature of how bad it could get
Turns out it could get much, much, worse.
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Yeah the harrowing thing about Idiocracy was that as dumb as Camacho was, he was still legitimately the most qualified candidate.
In the world of Idiocracy, Camacho is a good president who does right by his country, the country has just degraded too far for it to matter.
In our own stupid reality, the least qualified person is in power who has no interest in being good or doing right by his country.
