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Every time a doom thread like this comes up, and I read a comment from someone who has taken the initiative to limit their own damage, I think back to Idiocracy

Every time a doom thread like this comes up, and I read a comment from someone who has taken the initiative to limit their own damage, I think back to Idiocracy and the beginning montage of that film with the educated, professional couple. I can't help but feel sorry for the couple because in the end, they are the ones who tried the hardest to "make things right" and have suffered the most. Now I'm reading this comment and I'm wondering - what is the lesson here, really?

polytely 6y ago
I don't know man, just kinda depression posting from my tiny room. I want to do something about it, because I haven't lost all hope yet, but I don't see a clear way how I personally could have any real impact. I wish I had enough cash to quit my job for a while and figure where I could make a difference, but I'm kinda barely hanging on as it is. It just bums me out that so much time and effort in the tech-sphere is spent on improving the efficiency of our destruction of the planet, and that the people who got rich of this destruction seem very content sitting on their pile of cash.
LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago
"Dumm fickt gut, und hat immer die größte Brut!" Dumb fucks good, always largest breed.
hckr_news 6y ago
My issue with that opening scene is that it seems to illustrate wealthier, higher class people as the ones who can solve all the problems in society because they have boatloads of money and are educated to the nth degree. In comparison to the hick family with 10 kids they also featured. What difference does it make if poor people are having more kids and the rich stave off having kids because of lack of time? I might be missing the point of the satire the movie is trying to portray but wouldn’t it make sense to put those poor 10 kids through public schools and universities in hopes they can get jobs in industry or research to eventually help humanity and solve problems. It’s an issue of equal opportunity access to me. And I’m not too sure if the movie is poking fun at the idea of expecting wealthy people and their offspring to solve the world’s problem, or if that is one of the movie’s actual message.

polytely 6y ago

I don't know man, just kinda depression posting from my tiny room. I want to do something about it, because I haven't lost all hope yet, but I don't see a clear way how I personally could have any real impact. I wish I had enough cash to quit my job for a while and figure where I could make a difference, but I'm kinda barely hanging on as it is. It just bums me out that so much time and effort in the tech-sphere is spent on improving the efficiency of our destruction of the planet, and that the people who got rich of this destruction seem very content sitting on their pile of cash.

LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago

"Dumm fickt gut, und hat immer die größte Brut!" Dumb fucks good, always largest breed.

hckr_news 6y ago

My issue with that opening scene is that it seems to illustrate wealthier, higher class people as the ones who can solve all the problems in society because they have boatloads of money and are educated to the nth degree. In comparison to the hick family with 10 kids they also featured. What difference does it make if poor people are having more kids and the rich stave off having kids because of lack of time? I might be missing the point of the satire the movie is trying to portray but wouldn’t it make sense to put those poor 10 kids through public schools and universities in hopes they can get jobs in industry or research to eventually help humanity and solve problems. It’s an issue of equal opportunity access to me. And I’m not too sure if the movie is poking fun at the idea of expecting wealthy people and their offspring to solve the world’s problem, or if that is one of the movie’s actual message.