5 July 2017 | rkhen

8 | A "pre-documentary"; scary-prescient.

Saw this for the first time tonight; almost creeped out how accurate it is. Or was? (It was released over ten years ago.)



Somehow in 2006 Mike Judge saw it all coming. Particularly striking was his understanding that middle school values ("He's wrong cuz he got his ass kicked!!") would become standard in American culture. And that professional wrestling and rap aesthetics, including the way those worlds view women, would become mainstream and respectable.



I'm not sure the central premise -- that stupid people outbreed smart ones -- is watertight. Seems to me most of the Idiocracy types I know come from families of 1 to 3 children. Rather, it seems that folks who should know better have been converted to trailer park values.



Or maybe it's all that Gatorade.



Anyway, if you haven't seen Idiocracy, see it now. You'll be blown away by how incredibly accurately it portrays current American society and its economy.



And if you have seen it, but not recently, see it again.



Sorry to get all faggy on ya, bra.