Season 4 of Lexx had all that and aliens.
Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Sure, some did. But in those novels the same individuals were actually pretty smart.
That’s the difference.
Wait until you take your first road trip through Ameristan.
The amount of sexual predators Epstein’s closest friend have nominated to position of powers is incredible,
Alt: duck soup movie poster, in which a grifter con man fails upward to leading a country, makes a mockery of justice, appoints idiots spying for a foreign government, and ends up in a losing war and destruction.
And it came out in 1933.
Something about history rhyming and all that.
And some song lyrics from the first music number:
The last man nearly ruined this place,
He didn’t know what to do with it
If you think this country’s bad enough now,
Just wait till I get through with it. /
The country’s taxes must be fixed,
And I know what to do with it.
If you think you’re paying too much now,
Just wait till I get through with it. /
I will not stand for anything
That’s crooked or unfair.
I’m strictly on the up and up,
So everyone beware. /
If anyone’s caught taking graft
And I don’t get my share,
We stand ‘em up against the wall…
And pop goes the weasel!
So many villains in fiction are depicted as intelligent, phew, did we ever get that one wrong
It may seem like a meme, but Idiocracy did actually nail it. Dumb and aggressive with no attention span.
Go away, baitin
Honestly, its always been anti-intellectualism. Sure not all smart people are good people, but in general empathy is a sign of intelligence, while malice and stupidity go hand in hand.
Edit: There’s also the fact that the smart tropey villains also often happen to be wealthy, and as we all know being wealthy means someone is smart/s
If they were intelligent, we wouldn’t even figure out they’re villains
Dr Evil is pretty dumb, he only surrounded himself with intelligent people. Still not an equivalent since DT is hiring idiots.
Fun fact: DT can mean alcohol withdrawal and the symptoms resemble Trump. “Severe alcohol withdrawal symptoms such as shaking, confusion, and hallucinations.”
Dr Evil is pretty dumb, he only surrounded himself with intelligent people
TFW you realize Dr. Evil is wiser than our President Elect.
Dr. Evil is a parody of a mastermind Bond villain, which is why he was dumb as a subversion of the trope.
But you also could say Bond villains were also dumb. They always seemed to make stupid mistakes and allow James to foil them, long monologues that gave him a chance to think.
V for Vendetta seems close though
I kind of thought this was the joke. Many many dystopian plots are about governments ran by corporations and filled with foreign spies.
I figured this was just kind of a blurb by someone who just lacks depth in knowledge of these things
Yeah same
kak·i·sto·cra·cy
noun
Government by the least suitable or competent citizens of a state.
Stultiocracy works too
Coulrocracy - rule by clowns
Coprorocracy - rule by shit
Dr Strangelove
Idiocracy
Idiocracy was just idiots, not an actively malicious group.
The state is always malicious.
Because they didn’t have to imagine it, as its a pretty standard affair.
Yup, I could point randomly in Congress (or your government of choice) and have a high chance of picking someone that matches one or more of those descriptions.
Non-fiction.
Drain the swamp tho…
That’s a pretty good example of trump’s environmental policy.
Gotta drain the swamp to make room for the cesspool.
Can we instead install a drowning pool? It’s usage can be for the “elites” and not the peasants this time.
You do not recognize the bodies in the water.
Thats because nobody wants to read trash like that.
Read more Philip K Dick.
