Re:Trump announces 100% tariffs on movies ‘produced in forei...
by timdiggerm on Monday May 05, 2025 @07:49AM
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You may have missed that Idiocracy is a pro-eugenics film, in which the populace got stupider by way of being fecund. It's not about this problem, really.
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Re:Trump announces 100% tariffs on movies ‘produced in forei...
by rapind on Monday May 05, 2025 @07:58AM
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> You may have missed that Idiocracy is a pro-eugenics film
I kinda see how you got there, but man.
This is the same guy behind Office Space and Bevis and Butthead. He's poking fun at out of touch intellectuals and consumption. Calling it pro-eugenics though...
Re:Trump announces 100% tariffs on movies ‘produced in forei...
by torlok on Monday May 05, 2025 @08:30AM
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The whole premise hinges on "dumb" people outbreeding "high IQ" people. The movie isn't about the failure of the education system, consumer compliance, or anything like that. The movie feels pro-eugenics, even if that wasn't the intention, and it's just trying to poke fun at stereotypes.
Re:Trump announces 100% tariffs on movies ‘produced in forei...
by potato3732842 on Monday May 05, 2025 @07:58AM
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Idiocracy is only pro eugenics in the same way that any piece of comedy that criticizes anything or takes something to the extreme can be construed as being for the opposite thing.