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I feel like we're all stuck in a movie where all the rich people live on some kind of floating island or satellite with everything they need to live well, and all of us have zero chance of going there (lemmy.world)
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I have seen a few of these with similar story lines and realized we are living it right now. They have the best healthcare, the best food, the best everything and most of us are a few dollars from disaster. That scares some of us to death literally from all the stress it causes.

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[–] FaeDrifter@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

I think you have a really good point.

I'm anti-eugenics, I just want good sex education and free birth control and abortion. Educate people, and empower them with personal agency.

I think the genetics/natural-selection part of Idiocracy is wrong and in bad taste - ignorance and stupidity are far more correlated to economic insecurity, poverty, food deserts, underfunded schooling. We can and should fix these.

I suspect most people would ultimately agree with this over eugenics, even if they reference Idiocracy.