tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post4269947956984491435..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-55674905560840471812014-11-21T08:38:55.842-05:002014-11-21T08:38:55.842-05:00DA,
I read that when I was a kid.
Time to go to t...DA,<br />I read that when I was a kid.<br /><br />Time to go to the library, and find it again!Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-68643151162730311442014-11-20T21:52:53.346-05:002014-11-20T21:52:53.346-05:00Victor, you should read the earlier interation of ...Victor, you should read the earlier interation of Idiocracy, <b>The Marching Morons</b>.<br /><br /><i>Plot summary<br /><br />The Problem<br />The human population is now 3,000,000 highbred elite and 5,000,000,000 morons. The "average" IQ is 45. (Presumably compared to the true present day, as in the real world, an IQ score of 100 is average, or median, by definition.) Several generations before the onset of the story, the small number of remaining 100-and-higher-IQ technocrats, after being ignored by the general public about the impending population problem, banded together to preserve the human race. The elite work feverishly like slaves in order to keep the morons alive.<br /><br />The elite have had little success in solving The Problem (also called "Poprob" in the story) for several reasons:<br /><br />The morons must be managed or else there will be chaos, resulting in billions of deaths;<br />It is not possible to sterilize all of the morons, as there are not nearly enough elite to do the job;<br />Propaganda against large families isn't working because every biological drive is towards fertility (the story predates the development of hormonal contraception).<br />The elite had tried everything rational to solve the population problem, but the problem could not be solved rationally. The solution required a way of thinking that no longer existed – Barlow's "vicious self-interest" and knowledge of the distant history.</i><br /><br />http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marching_MoronsDark Avengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02220642215040873632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-5720836545208784532014-11-20T15:19:56.269-05:002014-11-20T15:19:56.269-05:00Is it any wonder Republicans, despite their multip...Is it any wonder Republicans, despite their multiple follies, remain big-time playas in the game? It's because they (fraudulently but effectively) speak the language of Tough Daddy better. And that's what Americans have long been conditioned to want -- a Tough Daddy to take care of things, so that we may collectively go back to playing with our toys. <br /><br />I don't think people are as overall stupid as a faulty media and education system programs them to behave politically and economically. But our road to Putin-like "leadership" seems almost inexorable.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10944458838509326421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-65737094577224256782014-11-20T14:48:52.899-05:002014-11-20T14:48:52.899-05:00As I've said before, "Idiocracy" was...As I've said before, "Idiocracy" wasn't a comedy about a dysfunctional futute.<br />It was a 'future-documentary.'Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.com