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Idiocracy is now a documentary.
It's a documentary of a darker version of Idiocracy. At least in Idiocracy it seemed like the characters had an ounce of morality, they were just really really dumb.
It's also very pro-eugenics and kind of classist of a movie. I know it's intended to be a comedy, but it kind of wears that fact on its sleeve in a way that makes it clear that the creators actually feel that way, and not just that it's "haha what if".
It effectively puts the onus of the way that the country and society evolves on individuals who have not had high opportunities for education because of systemic issues or class related issues, and not on the state itself. If anything, the people it should be pointing a finger at are the very people that are shown for being selective in having a kid themselves for not doing more work to eliminate the root causes of how families end up in the situation of the "redneck" family. It shows that stupidity is the root cause, and not able-situationed people doing more work to help people broadly.
I'm just waiting to watch ~~Beef Supreme~~ Whistling Diesel start doing rehab with Monstemaxx.