IdIOcRaCy

Out of the multiple dystopian societies that we have learned about, I must say that the futuristic society featured in Idiocracy seemed the most frightening. Not only was the world environmentally annhilated, but the entire population were the most unintellegent people ever, who seemed to focus on sex and advertisment in order to decide how they should rule the world.

In all honesty, I think that I would rather live in the society presented in Handmaid's Tale than the future of America as presented in the film. I don't think that I would be able to live in a world where the people who run the hospitals are barely mentally capable to press a button that diagnoses the patient's illness. The fact that the population had resorted to a language mixed of the languages "hillbilly, valleygirl, inner-city slang and various grunts". Not only is this vile civilaztion out right stupid, but they seem to have forgotten what emotions and feelings are as well. In the relationships shown, there is no love, no thoughtfulness, no aspects of the emotional-mental capacity that we as humans cherish. You know that the world has truly hitten rock bottom when you walk into Costco, and not only is it the size of Chicago, but the greeter at the front addresses everyone as they walk in with "Welcome to Costco, I love you. Welcome to Costco, I love you. Welcome to Costco, I love you. Welcome to Costco, I love you."

However frightening this movie was for me, it did lighten the mood of the rest of the films and books we watched throughout the course.

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