Not every single aspect has to match for there to be a comparison. I don’t understand what replies like this are for. Is the idea that I haven’t noticed what’s happening in the world so you have to enlighten me? You did not. I haven’t been asleep for 20 years. Thanks anyhow though.
Honestly? Too many people just oversimplify it by saying things like “idiocracy is happening” which the op did. So, sure, I was making the point that it’s not even close.
If you’d like, you could explain to me how you think our current situation compares to Idiocracy.
It doesn’t seem like you saw or understood the movie if you can say that. You can argue all day about how not every fascist is stupid but trump certainly is and so are a few others such as hegseth. But even more relevant is that people are tuned out of anything important and tuned into idiotic entertainment which consumes their whole lives. I could go read about the movie to remind myself of more details but I have a feeling you’d shoot them all down anyway because of some difference. I rewatched that movie a couple years ago with my partner and it was full of moments where it seemed to if not predict things that hadn’t happened yet, to put its finger on something stupid about society that any semi intelligent person has noticed and always felt weird about.
Also did you forget that trump had a UFC fight near the Whitehouse recently…? That alone would warrant a comparison.
My hostility… You came in condescendingly dismissing a very easily seen point and it was just because you refuse and still refuse to see it. Not because it’s without basis. This is our last exchange.
Not every single aspect has to match for there to be a comparison. I don’t understand what replies like this are for. Is the idea that I haven’t noticed what’s happening in the world so you have to enlighten me? You did not. I haven’t been asleep for 20 years. Thanks anyhow though.
Honestly? Too many people just oversimplify it by saying things like “idiocracy is happening” which the op did. So, sure, I was making the point that it’s not even close.
If you’d like, you could explain to me how you think our current situation compares to Idiocracy.
It doesn’t seem like you saw or understood the movie if you can say that. You can argue all day about how not every fascist is stupid but trump certainly is and so are a few others such as hegseth. But even more relevant is that people are tuned out of anything important and tuned into idiotic entertainment which consumes their whole lives. I could go read about the movie to remind myself of more details but I have a feeling you’d shoot them all down anyway because of some difference. I rewatched that movie a couple years ago with my partner and it was full of moments where it seemed to if not predict things that hadn’t happened yet, to put its finger on something stupid about society that any semi intelligent person has noticed and always felt weird about.
Also did you forget that trump had a UFC fight near the Whitehouse recently…? That alone would warrant a comparison.
I’ll say that you’re right that many people are tuning into mindless entertainment.
And you’re right, you could make specific comparisons.
Op said we are living it which is not even close.
I admit that the internet is a place that lacks nuance, pleasantry, and understanding but your hostility and assumptions are uncalled for.
My hostility… You came in condescendingly dismissing a very easily seen point and it was just because you refuse and still refuse to see it. Not because it’s without basis. This is our last exchange.