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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe movie Idiocracy has literally come to pass.
We now will likely have a cabinet member who can actually say he was "brought to you by Carl's Jr." (0:39 in clip).
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The movie Idiocracy has literally come to pass. (Original Post)
Tommy_Carcetti
Dec 2016
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Considering that the dystopian vision of Carl's Jr. is a malfunctioning automated service machine
Tommy_Carcetti
Dec 2016
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Afromania
(2,768 posts)1. Coal
it has electrolytes and stuff, it's what the country craves.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,153 posts)2. Considering that the dystopian vision of Carl's Jr. is a malfunctioning automated service machine
Which is in fact what the future Secretary of "Labor" wants:
http://fortune.com/2016/03/17/automate-fast-food/
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)3. Legally changing my name to, Not Sure.
trof
(54,256 posts)4. I want the Brawndo franchise.
IT'S THE THIRST MUTILATOR
IT'S GOT ELECTROLYTES
Taitertots
(7,745 posts)5. Idiocracy is a movie about genetic intelligence
You're saying that the people with children are genetically inferior to the people who don't have kids. Because that's the plot of ideocracy.
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)6. The movie's not about the first five minutes.
It's a satirical take on a possible end-game of zero-sum hypercorporatism (and the hyperconsumerism that's forced to fuel it) run rampant, destined to happen no matter how smart or dumb the population is. It hardly pines for eugenics.
If what you say is true, explain Trump.