To paraphrase the Simpsons:

_To shut these down now would be twisted

I just learned these places existed… _

(yeah, the song doesn’t quite scan now but I stand by it.)

Absolutely, idiocracy was too optimistic. In their version, it took 500 years to get there.

We’ll be there in a generation, maybe 2. (If we have that many generations.)

I hate how increasingly accurate this movie has become.

Oh yeah, he’s absolutely trolling and doing so delightfully.

I feel a shot at “woke hollywood propaganda” isn’t going to bother trumpworld all that much.

When you gear an entire economy to war, you simultaneously run the risk of economic collapse and conquering. It’s what happened to the Soviet Union in '89, the economy was in shambles but militarily they were still a powerhouse.