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Re:Are We Idiocracy Yet? by red-iron-pine on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @09:02AM (#47674677)
it was a dumb action movie, with a bit of satire and some non-trivial nudity.

the book is a political science treatise about the role of the citizen in government and draws heavily from Thomas Hobbes and Max Weber, basically invented the "space marine" concept that we see in 40k or Starcraft or Doom, and touched on things like haptic feedback and non-traditional UI and how it could be C2.

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Re:Are We Idiocracy Yet? by Arodex on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @12:09PM (#47677491)
The nudity is also part of the point. American will heavily restrict movies with nudity or swear words, but see far less problems with showing gore and violence on screen to youngsters.

Seen from Europe (Verhoeven is Dutch), this is completely deranged.

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Re:Are We Idiocracy Yet? by yodsanklai on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @09:11AM (#47674836)
It's primarily a movie about fascism and propaganda. The fact that most viewers missed it is actually concerning.
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Re:Are We Idiocracy Yet? by hulitu on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @02:00PM (#47679009)
Both are very valued in the USA
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Re:Are We Idiocracy Yet? by vkou on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @03:35PM (#47680282)
Every country values its own propaganda and national myths.

It's just that some countries coalesce around ones that are somewhat less... Blatantly offensive to thinking people.

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