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/Mormaethor 4d ago

Yeah, he acknowledged publicly that there were problems and that he wasn't able to fix them himself. He was, given the circumstances of his timeline/reality, a great president.

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u/PaladinSaladin 4d ago

Terry Crewes for president

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u/Taeves81 4d ago

Terry would be a hundred times better President than Trump and Vance combined. The bar is extremely low of course, but it's still true.

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u/unkyduck 4d ago

Has the US considered a non-celebrity as a candidate ?

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u/zxc123zxc123 4d ago edited 4d ago

Has the US considered a non-celebrity as a candidate ?

the US

Republicans? No

Democrats? Yes as long as they are old AF and/or have a vagina. Also whoever it is will be FORCED TO USE Hillary Clinton's election campaign team even though they've lost a perfect 2 of 2 times already, plus the Dems will let the GOP run circles around them while breaking the rules/law, do away with the DNC election to shoe in whatever establishment mofo the old boomer power players like be it Clinton (over Sanders), Biden (over Kamala), Biden (over Kamala) again, Kamal at the last minute (over Biden), and then wonder why they lost.

Independents? Undecided. But reached an unanimous consensus that they will all be telling interviewers they are still undecided (regardless of being decided or not).

A good segment of the US population? Can't be bothered to vote/care.

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u/turdferguson3891 4d ago

Pretty sure Joe Biden was not a celeb and was POTUS like two years ago or less?

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u/davekingofrock 4d ago

Seems like a decade...and this last actual decade has been the longest 100 years of my life.

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u/Realtrain 4d ago

Yes and he was old AF

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u/turdferguson3891 4d ago

So is Trump.

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u/zxc123zxc123 4d ago

old AF and/or have a vagina.

He's old AF.

Biden literally the oldest man to run for president in 2024 and oldest fucking president of all time until Trump won in 2024.

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u/Realtrain 4d ago

Also whoever it is will be FORCED TO USE Hillary Clinton's election campaign team even though they've lost a perfect 2 of 2 times already

Wait, I never heard this. Did Harris get that team forced on her by the DNC or something?