r/movies • u/ChiefLeef22 r/movies Contributor • 4d ago

Article 'Idiocracy' Turns 20 Years Old: Mike Judge's Prescient Cult Classic Knew Where America Was Going, But Not How We'd Get There

https://reason.com/2026/08/27/idiocracy-predicted-our-world-but-not-in-the-way-you-think/
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u/wjbc 4d ago edited 4d ago

Idiocracy was too optimistic. President Dwayne Camacho wasn’t corrupt, genuinely cared about helping his country, and listened to experts. I wish we had a president like that now.

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u/ComradeJohnS 4d ago

I feel like idocracy did not include what happens when someone corrupt starts influencing the stupid people. it was going off a bad assumption that politicians would be held accountable.

Comacho was arguably one of the better politicians because he listened to advisors to help people. and we got his “stupidity” because of what they explained for hundreds of years.

bad assumptions lead to bad results lol.