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President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho to the rescue!! For those who haven’t seen it yet, go watch Idiocracy from Mike Judge. It’s a preview of

President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho to the rescue!! For those who haven’t seen it yet, go watch Idiocracy from Mike Judge. It’s a preview of the years to come.

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leokennis 2y ago
Money quote from President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho to cement how he and Trump align on values: > Come on, scro! Don't be a pussy! Besides, you do a kick-ass job and you get a full pardon.
- simianparrot 2y ago
  Remind me again who pardoned his own son.
  - hansihe 2y ago
    After the precedent around pardons set by his predecessor I'll give him that one. At least Biden let the process play out before issuing the pardon so the public got to know all the details.
    - throwaway_e66m 2y ago
      > At least Biden let the process play out before issuing the pardon so the public got to know all the details. That sentence didn't age well. Biden preemptively pardons Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and Jan. 6 committee members https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-preemptively-pardons-anthony-fauci-mark-milley-jan/story?id=117878813 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-preemptively-pardons-a... President Biden pardons family members in final minutes of presidency https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-biden-pardons-family-members-final-minutes-presidency/story?id=117893348 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-biden-pardons-fami...
      - hansihe 2y ago
        I think it aged perfectly well. We were talking about his son, he let the process play out in full which is beyond respectable. When the incoming administration has shown extraordinary will to persecute political opponents, I think it would be unethical not to preemptively pardon these people.
  - ceejayoz 2y ago
    At least Hunter Biden won't be our Ambassador to France. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kushner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kushner
askl 2y ago
That's a unfair comparison towards President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho. Didn't he give up his position in the end towards the more qualified main character of the movie?
- clarionbell 2y ago
  After attempting to murder him first. But yes.
  - paulryanrogers 2y ago
    Arguably DJT consented to the murder of his VP, before cedeing power once the coup failed. So not too far off.
    - red-iron-pine 2y ago
      yeah but president camacho went willingly; DJT only went because his coup failed
Anarch157a 2y ago
More like a documentary of the last eight.
- _heimdall 2y ago
  The last two felt more like Weekend at Bernie's.
Leires 2y ago
iT's a doCuMentArY! It's a film that was intended as a joke, and uses Eugenics as its premise. Yes, the Internet has made idiots louder, but it has also helped intelligent people become smarter. The next 4 years will be like the last 8, minus the pandemic.
- drawkward 2y ago
  >uses Eugenics as its premise Uh, false?
  - lambaro 2y ago
    there's an implied (if tongue-in-cheek) pro-eugenics message, since the premise is rooted in dysgenics being a real problem
    - drawkward 2y ago
      How you go from "smart people should reproduce more" to "cull the population of the unfavorable" is on you, but thats certainly not the conclusion I would draw.
      - jpadkins 2y ago
        eugenics != "cull the population of the unfavorable" eugenics includes positions like "unfavorable should reproduce less than the favorable"
- ornornor 2y ago
  There is no eugenics in that movie?
  - deltaburnt 2y ago
    I like the movie a lot, but the beginning is a little problematic from a modern viewing iirc. It discusses how the poor and uneducated produce more kids than the higher classes, thus a dumb population after many generations. Factually true about the correlation between higher standard of living and having fewer kids. However, that exact discussion has been used as a dog whistle against other "undesirable" groups in the past. The movie's beginning implies it would be better if we decide who gets to have kids. Overall a great movie, but I think that part has aged poorly.
odiroot 2y ago
Or way older and much more eloquent (albeit less digestible) "Amusing Ourselves to Death" by Neil Postman. Or even older "The Medium Is the Massage" by Marshall McLuhan.

President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho to the rescue!! For those who haven’t seen it yet, go watch Idiocracy from Mike Judge. It’s a preview of the years to come.

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leokennis 2y ago

Money quote from President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho to cement how he and Trump align on values: > Come on, scro! Don't be a pussy! Besides, you do a kick-ass job and you get a full pardon.

simianparrot 2y ago
Remind me again who pardoned his own son.
- hansihe 2y ago
  After the precedent around pardons set by his predecessor I'll give him that one. At least Biden let the process play out before issuing the pardon so the public got to know all the details.
  - throwaway_e66m 2y ago
    > At least Biden let the process play out before issuing the pardon so the public got to know all the details. That sentence didn't age well. Biden preemptively pardons Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and Jan. 6 committee members https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-preemptively-pardons-anthony-fauci-mark-milley-jan/story?id=117878813 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-preemptively-pardons-a... President Biden pardons family members in final minutes of presidency https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-biden-pardons-family-members-final-minutes-presidency/story?id=117893348 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-biden-pardons-fami...
    - hansihe 2y ago
      I think it aged perfectly well. We were talking about his son, he let the process play out in full which is beyond respectable. When the incoming administration has shown extraordinary will to persecute political opponents, I think it would be unethical not to preemptively pardon these people.
- ceejayoz 2y ago
  At least Hunter Biden won't be our Ambassador to France. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kushner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kushner

askl 2y ago

That's a unfair comparison towards President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho. Didn't he give up his position in the end towards the more qualified main character of the movie?

clarionbell 2y ago
After attempting to murder him first. But yes.
- paulryanrogers 2y ago
  Arguably DJT consented to the murder of his VP, before cedeing power once the coup failed. So not too far off.
  - red-iron-pine 2y ago
    yeah but president camacho went willingly; DJT only went because his coup failed

Anarch157a 2y ago

More like a documentary of the last eight.

_heimdall 2y ago
The last two felt more like Weekend at Bernie's.

Leires 2y ago

iT's a doCuMentArY! It's a film that was intended as a joke, and uses Eugenics as its premise. Yes, the Internet has made idiots louder, but it has also helped intelligent people become smarter. The next 4 years will be like the last 8, minus the pandemic.

drawkward 2y ago
>uses Eugenics as its premise Uh, false?
- lambaro 2y ago
  there's an implied (if tongue-in-cheek) pro-eugenics message, since the premise is rooted in dysgenics being a real problem
  - drawkward 2y ago
    How you go from "smart people should reproduce more" to "cull the population of the unfavorable" is on you, but thats certainly not the conclusion I would draw.
    - jpadkins 2y ago
      eugenics != "cull the population of the unfavorable" eugenics includes positions like "unfavorable should reproduce less than the favorable"
ornornor 2y ago
There is no eugenics in that movie?
- deltaburnt 2y ago
  I like the movie a lot, but the beginning is a little problematic from a modern viewing iirc. It discusses how the poor and uneducated produce more kids than the higher classes, thus a dumb population after many generations. Factually true about the correlation between higher standard of living and having fewer kids. However, that exact discussion has been used as a dog whistle against other "undesirable" groups in the past. The movie's beginning implies it would be better if we decide who gets to have kids. Overall a great movie, but I think that part has aged poorly.

odiroot 2y ago

Or way older and much more eloquent (albeit less digestible) "Amusing Ourselves to Death" by Neil Postman. Or even older "The Medium Is the Massage" by Marshall McLuhan.