Cat without eyebrows @lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 2 days agosay what you want about President Camacho, he earnestly tried to solve problems as he saw themlemmy.worldimagemessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1955arrow-down110
arrow-up1945arrow-down1imagesay what you want about President Camacho, he earnestly tried to solve problems as he saw themlemmy.worldCat without eyebrows @lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squareuraniumcovid@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 hours agoand the film is also a giant commercial for eugenics which trump seems to be in favor off too.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 hours agoOnly the first 4 minutes, which is necessary to set up the remaining 80 minutes.
minus-squareuraniumcovid@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours agonot 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
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·5 hours agoThe 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.
minus-squareTheObviousSolution@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·6 hours agoRecognizing 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.
minus-squareleftzero@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours ago President Camacho was supposed to be a caricature of how bad it could get Turns out it could get much, much, worse.
minus-squareuraniumcovid@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agonot really. i recommend watching sarah z’s analysis from a few years ago on the movie.
and the film is also a giant commercial for eugenics which trump seems to be in favor off 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.
Turns out it could get much, much, worse.
not really. i recommend watching sarah z’s analysis from a few years ago on the movie.