I have a friend who is a good person overall but really buys into the "real life is becoming Idiocracy" bit. I was frustrated, because I'm not the best real-time arguer so I don't think I did a good job of expressing why the movie is disgusting trash.

I attempted to talk about how it blames people instead of systems, and how it's an awful eugenics narrative. But we quickly got into a rabbit hole about whether intelligence can be passed on genetically or not and if that matters, and other dumb topics that went nowhere.

What's a concise and offline-compatible way of explaining why Idiocracy is bad & decent people should find it gross?

  • Wheaties [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    This one's more short and quippy than a perfect refutation

    A child's success in education correlates with the parents' income, not their IQ

    • eduardog3000 [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I'd say it's more like

      A child’s success in education correlates with the parents’ income, not their genes

      IQ is basically just a function of education anyway. Plus it's complete bullshit.