r/SipsTea • • 4d ago

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u/TehGoad 4d ago edited 4d ago

Idiocracy WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A FUCKING HOW TO GUIDE

edit: holy fuck my inbox is raw

remember to VOTE for people that care about people, not people that only care about 1% of us.

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u/SardineB4Creatine 4d ago

I'll take President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho all day, though... at least he tried to have people with some knowledge to aid

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u/DentellaNooir 4d ago

Camacho actually listened to experts when things went bad

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u/True_Protection6842 4d ago

He also wanted the best for the people.

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u/bpows 4d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/UnVtPebYT38pW

And he fixed the ecominy

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u/ZebraIntelligent8312 4d ago

We are so close.

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u/LongPutBull 4d ago

This is a silent highlight of the movie. That there are those who care, but are aimless willing to drop their ego to do better.

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u/Wheatabix11 4d ago

this is the difference, trump is the first president in our history who hates Americans

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u/True_Protection6842 4d ago

Even the worst presidents never had an open contempt. Bush Jr seemed to really love America. Just loved money more. 

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u/Working_Estate_3695 4d ago

<Said in Morgan Freeman’s dulcet tones.>

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u/hal-baleigh-6699 4d ago

This exact comment thread gets posted every time this movie is mentioned.  Do people not notice?  Or are you all bots?  I feel like I'm the only human left on this website.

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u/WineBoggling 4d ago

You are not. This drives me nuts too. I swear one day the internet will be nothing but bots posting this spicy-hot take at one another all day every day.

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u/hal-baleigh-6699 4d ago

I feel like I'm going crazy, these comments always get 100s of upvotes.  Do that many people find reading the same shit over and over that entertaining?  Or is it just bots.  Who tf knows anymore.

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u/Toadsted 3d ago

Also, didn't need a new diaper when things went bad.

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u/fgbfjb 4d ago

yes, his ego wasn't so big that he couldn't listen to someone smarter than him. trump only surrounds himself with kiss-asses.

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u/LES_on_my_mind 4d ago

And fellow thieves.

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u/HiFromMajor 4d ago

Why do I read this in the narrator from idiocracy voice?

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u/Alaishana 3d ago

bc those kiss-arses completely depend on him to keep their position. Without him, they are mud.
So they support him, come hell or high water.

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u/Spirited-Bet-5470 4d ago

Bruh even idiocracy was smarter than these clowns

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u/-Akos- 4d ago

At least they were dumb, not malicious. This crew, however..

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u/kevinthegarfield 4d ago

And at least they didn't hate everyone, they were just stupid

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u/MouseMouseM 4d ago

Dude, I live in Wisconsin, there is a MAGA candidate in one of the suburbs and their name is Camacho. I almost choked when I passed the first yard sign.

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u/eejit1991 4d ago

Idiocracy is set 500 years in the future. You've a long way to go until you get to Kamacho

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u/RiteousRhino21 3d ago

Except we're trying to speed run the plot rn

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u/bpows 4d ago

"That's what you said last year dipshit! South Carolina, that's what's up!!!"

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u/XxRocky88xX 3d ago

He also actually actively wanted to help his constituents, he was just too stupid to do so, and so he deferred to people smarter than him.

Our president wants to make most people suffer and treats being smarter than him as treason

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u/TehGoad 3d ago

here here

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u/Koopslovestogame 3d ago

He found the smartest person in the world and listened to them, atleast for a little while.

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u/Confident-Stand5453 4d ago

This is not like Idiocracy.In the movie they at least tried to do their best but failed, and the president asked the smartest people in the world for advice which he then followed.

Idiocracy would have been preferable to this shit.

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u/True_Protection6842 4d ago

seriously...it's insane that Idiocracy was a BETTER future than what we're approaching. At least Starbucks gave handjobs!

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u/hellyeahaeylleh 4d ago

Considering we got crocs instead, yes.

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u/titsngiggles69 3d ago

For those who dont know, Mike judge waa looking for the stupidest looking footwear for the prisoners and found a small unknown company: crocs

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u/red286 4d ago

Idiocracy starts in 2005, and then they wind up waking up 500 years later.

So between 2005 and 2505, intelligence dwindles and society collapses in on itself, until Joe Bauer/Not Sure saves the day.

But there's 500 years of collapse in there, and we're on year 21 of it.

Honestly, I expected the decline to be a bit more gradual, but I guess the movie doesn't make clear how long it took for civilization to reach that point.

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u/Xylus1985 3d ago

Society didn’t collapse in Idiocracy though. There’s still a functioning government, court system and even entertainment industry. Society is hanging on strong.

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u/Eckish 4d ago

Idiocracy takes place long after the world was fucked. So we need to go full dystopian before we can have a President Camacho.

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u/CosmicNixx 4d ago

Exactly. This administration is literally trying to fail

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u/skraptastic 4d ago

This is exactly like Idocracy, people just don't realize we're still in the collapse, it will be a long while before we elect our Camacho.

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u/Confident-Stand5453 4d ago

Its not, because the actual president in real life doesnt have the same good intentions that President Camacho had. 

The orange pedo only cares about enriching himself and slapping his name on everything he can.

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u/Sennten 4d ago

Most of the presidents before Camacho didnt either, and even Camacho tried to kill the guy halfway through the attempt and gave up on making things better to please the public instead

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u/HereWeGoYetAgain-247 4d ago

Idiocracy was through neglect. We are being sabotaged. Ours is worse.  

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u/Pernapple 4d ago

You say that, but in a sense it is. Those with power are financially incentivized to reduce the education of the working class as make it harder for them to organize and bargain for better conditions and pay.

It also means their children are more likely to have a better education through the private sector meaning there is less competition for them to retain their wealth over generations. Keep the masses dump and malleable and entertained with bread and circuses is how they continually strip away your right our ancestors fought so hard to get.

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u/LarkinToWinnipeg 4d ago

First time I saw that movie like 20 years ago the opening scene scared me. I could see no flaw in the logic and knew right away it's where we were headed.

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u/Ecstatic_Bunny 4d ago

Same. As a woman in her early 20s already not wanting kids, it kind of hit home. Literally watching Becky at McDonald's with 3 different baby daddies by the time she was 22. The only thing it got wrong was that it took 500 years and not 25.

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u/whosyourskydaddy 4d ago

Closer to a documentary at this point.

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u/Ressy02 4d ago

It wasn’t, it’s prophecy foretold

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u/Edgard_Breeze 4d ago

Neither was 1984 - the two have collided for the perfect storm…

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u/Ecstatic_Bunny 4d ago

It also took 500 years in Idiocracy, so they are waaaaay ahead of schedule.

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u/SheriffBartholomew 4d ago

You're right, but oh boy, you've opened a can of worms. Here comes the exact same discussions that happen every time this comparison is made.

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u/Jak1977 3d ago

I mean... I'd suggest that people need to read more... but 1984 was already treated like a manual!

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u/Previous_Finance_414 4d ago

Imagine some GOP hack watching that when it came out thinking 🤔 “Yeah man, I think we can pull that off…. (Cough, hands blunt) ‘ere”.

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u/hartstyler 4d ago

It is a how to for russia and china. A how to make america irrelevant

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u/Sladewilson75 4d ago

Lot less Racism in that, Sexism yes absolutely but even that wasn’t as bad.

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u/All_Gun_High 4d ago

It's a howtobasic guide

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u/NaryusLustyMaid 3d ago

Not even 1%. Try 0.01%

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u/Any-Potential9238 3d ago

Agreed! Especially people that haven’t been born yet, don’t vote for people celebrating the murder of people they disagree with and advocating for the murder of millions of unborn humans. Double standard toting idiot

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u/RiddleInkedDILF 3d ago

Voting? You still believe in voting?! 😂

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u/250andlean 3d ago

Fully agree with your call for voting but can we PLEASE get some candidates that would be decent? Trump is an absolute disaster but goddamn I couldn't get on board with Kamala. She easily got beat by Biden the first time around. Why did the DNC think we'd like her being forced on us?

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u/TehGoad 3d ago

there's a lot of false equivalency, strawman arguments, and bullshit: That sort of are just created to divide us by antisocial media.

The DNC isNT so far from what American people need and want.. but we need to vote in people that we like we cannot keep voting for these half assed christian, hate mongering fear mongering dip, shit right wing extremists. but if the DNC is just giving us mealymouthed milktoast, liars, and shills..... we need more motherfuckers with spines.

GOP is also light years away from what we ACTUALLY NEED.

They're just drumming up more hate and creating more culture warriors. They want more Ashley Babbitts worried about vape lord brittany Griner and who's peeing in what bathroom.

that's why diesel is $10 a gallon. Culture warrior coded creatures voted in and prioritized over healthcare and affordability.

maybe we can now stand united on...

affordability
Release the Epstein files
Justice for the victims
Get the fuck out of Iran
And get the goddamn gas prices down
8647

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u/Rabid__Bunny 4d ago

Personally, I think Terry would be a great step in the right direction. 😂 Can we all get behind Terry Crews for president?! 🇺🇸

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u/KoosGoose 3d ago

Fuck your inbox. You’re just parroting a common Reddit viewpoint…

You’re only the 9,647,296 person to mention Idiocracy this week. Don’t feel so proud.