@icanbrewmushrooms@lemmy.world
2026-10-23 13:48 UTC
No, because that’s a massively false equivalency.
The plot of Idiocracy explicitly accepts the eugenecist premise that ‘genetically stupid’ people breeding will result in a planet of idiots, whereas the Handmaid’s Tale merely demonstrates the result of misogynist policies being implemented by society.
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@danekrae@lemmy.world 2026-10-23 14:26
I don’t remember genetics being mentioned as the reason in the movie. How do you know it isn’t about something like social inheritance?