No, Idiocracy Does Not Make Me Want to have Kids
Above : Idiocracy (2006), dir. Mike Judge So I’m about 15 years late to the party & I finally watched Idiocracy starring Luke Wilson and St. Maya Rudolph (hormone monstress extraordinaire). My ex-wife and I watched it cuz we have actually had MULTIPLE people reference Idiocracy when telling us why they are having kids or why we should have kids after learning we are child-free by choice. Here are my statements on this movie: 1. It has aged extremely poorly and uses racial slurs and “f-g” liberally in the dialogue 2. The movie is otherwise...fine for what it is 3. Idiocracy is a fictional movie and SATIRE about EUGENICS (eugenics people, eugenics) so NO, it does not convince me to have kids 4. Intelligence is not genetic*, which in and of itself undoes the premise of Idiocracy 5. Being smart doesn’t make you a better parent or more fit to be a parent 6. Being book smart is just one facet of intelligence. Emotional intelligence, street smarts, being a polyglot, etc, are equally ...