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I hate this eugenics ass movie that tries to pretend the problem with the world is stupid people. The problem is that even smart people aren't wise enough
The premise in the intro sequence about genetics and intelligence is bogus, but anti-intellectualism is a huge problem and this movie called how bad it was going to get. Bad things happen when people don't value science or rational thinking, even if that's not the only source of problems.
This is true, but even the most passionate anti-intellectual movements will lose out in the end. Not embracing science and rational thinking is a huge disadvantage in the long run as technology and educated workers make a nation more powerful. Meanwhile, every passionate political movement will die out eventually, as people always want novel solutions when problems are never solved.
Well yeah, although I would argue that the narrative of Idiocracy supports this idea
The problem is people.
Is it genocide if we all die?
Only the cats will know.
We're also not gonna all die; people assume extinction is the worst fate in store for us
A quick death is a painless death.
Imagine living in a world in which the loudest people lead the human herd over the most jagged & sloppy proverbial cliff?
....oh, wait
Which is exactly why people jump to it in their assumptions of what a climate apocalypse will look like. Billions will die from all the disasters, famine, and wars caused by environmental instability, but many will survive and need to live on in the fucked up world we created. Thinking about collapse is sad, but thinking about what comes after is far less comforting.
Also, it isn't the loudest leading us off a cliff, but the richest and most powerful. In a certain sense, they are incapable of doing otherwise without losing their place in the system.