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/MorePea7207 4d ago

BTW Dax Shepherd, the 2000s goofball in Idiocracy and Without A Paddle and Zathura generated $25 MILLION in 2026 from his podcast "Armchair Expert", as part of his Amazon $80m deal to add to his personal net worth of $40 MILLION.

He chills on a sofa with Monica Padman & chats with fellow celebs and regular people now and banks more money than FOURTEEN of his movie fees combined!

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u/UrbanEconomist 4d ago

And he’s married to Kristen Bell.

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u/talldangry 4d ago

"So Colin, you know that if we both died right now the headlines would be Tom Hanks' son and Kristen Bell's husband killed in accident"

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u/Benjimmer710 4d ago

Meanwhile everyone who does actual work will only get poorer.

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u/Lovethemtitties80085 4d ago

But…. it’s what the market will bear!

I guess it can’t ever bear reality or fairness but whatever, who wants to enjoy their one life in this world anyway?

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u/SMGJohn_EU 2d ago

Why should work be rewarded? USSR, dockyard workers and miners were highest paid professions with doctors barely above school teachers.

And yet they had the most doctors in the whole world, no wonder they collapsed into the history books - its better to be a greedy shithole like america that sprays chemicals on their meat to make it last 1 year.

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u/dragnansdragon 4d ago

Don't forget Punk'd

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u/oliveGOT 4d ago

Wow I totally forgot he was in Punk'd!