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[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 13 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The idiots weren't well-meaning with hearts of gold. They enjoyed guys actually getting kicked in the balls, gladiator games, and extreme objectification of women.

[–] toddestan@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

The way I saw it, the idiots in Idiocracy were that way because they were stupid, and less so because they were actually malicious. That's in contrast to today where we have people who are certainly capable of doing better but chose to act the way they do.

[–] hal_baleigh@piefed.social 12 points 2 days ago

Thanks, it's like people didn't actually watch this movie before parroting these opinions about it. "Camacho actually had good intentions", except the part where he sent Not Sure to be executed at the end.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's little more than cartoonish at worst. No one in the film is truly evil the way that real world oligarchs are evil.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 4 points 1 day ago

I apologize for punching down. The little man is a victim of his circumstances and can take no real responsibility for anything.