"No, mein fuhror, it would not be a problem at all to... I'm sorry, 'Mr President'...."

Don't Look Up made me so fucking angry because I recognised all the problems presented in it.

Propaganda doesn't have to be convincing to be propaganda

True, but it has to deliberately TRY to be convincing. Otherwise it's by definition not propaganda.

When people are saying we live in Idiocracy, it's not a very far leap to say that we need policies in place to direct the growth of the human population.

The fuck it isn't! 🤦🏻

The fuck it isn't

To the people that only know eugenics as "the thing Nazis believed", then it is. The way neonazis onboard people is by asking questions such as "don't you think we should try to eliminate this horrible genetic disease?"

It's the same premise.

Edit: actually, I had forgotten. The pseudoscientist inventor of eugenics, Francis Galton, specifically sought to make the human population smarter.

only if their bodily fluids are pure enough

Idiocracy is more about what the world will be like when everyone is stupid not about how everyone becomes stupid.

For something to qualify as "eugenicist propaganda" it has to subtly advocate for eugenics. Idiocracy doesn't ever say anything like "dumb people shouldn't exist".

You're assuming that species evolve indefinitely. All fail eventually. There were lots of extinct creatures who lived with alligators and armadillos way back when. They either failed to adapt to change or were eliminated by an external force.

I think we have an evil external force working againt humanity, but I have no evidence for it and realize it sounds crazy.

Smart people are not reproducing right now unless there is a psycho involved or the woman has no choice.

Why could that not be social inheritance? I saw the intro before the last comment...

Again, I don't hear anything about genetics. It seems like you are the one who believe that stupid is bred.

Why could that not be social inheritance? I saw the intro before the last comment…

I think so many films and books describe the rise of fascism and authoritarianism because it's inevitable in a capitalistic society.

Nothing magically appears. It all starts somewhere and grows.

The signs have been there for a very long time.

I love the serious thriller take on the same book, the film Fail-Safe (1964). Directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Henry Fonda. No idea why this film isn't better known, if only from being compared to Dr Strangelove.

Same here, not funny at all.

I imagine people couldn't laugh at Dr Strangelove when they were terrified of actual nuclear war, either.

I watched it for the first time last night. If I didn't recognize some of the actors, you could have convinced me that it was made this decade

The purpose of a system is what it does. This is based on the observation that systems can be changed by those with the power if what it is doing is unsatisfactory to those with the power.

That doesn't apply to all things. The purpose of my cat wasn't to puke on my carpet. That was just something I unfortunately had to deal with.

Real!

I don't think there is any other movie that is as pro eugenics. I see where they are coming from but also I don't think that's how intelligence and geans work. This was discussed as a possibility in the early 1900s however I think it was more the crime gean or the unemployment gean. Both where discredited.

Canadian Bacon is the true documentary, the US can't handle being not at war.