The Curious Case of Idiocracy

Have you seen the movie Idiocracy. Its a satirical comedy that came out in 2006 about a futuristic USA when its president is a world wrestling champion who talks about nothing but thumping his enemies and the US has a big problem because they can go no crops at all. For years the land had turned infertile and US is poor because they have to import all their food. It turns out that a huge conglomerate corporation runs the show and has been feeding the idea that drinking water is unhealthy. Water it seems is only good for flushing the toilet and for everything else from drinking to watering farmland the corporation sells a green soda–and the US population has been dumbed down enough by the corporation to believe them. Its an awesome film and I am sure its authors thought it up by taking the US political right's policies through a major hyperbole.

So when I read about Donald Trump's campaign I think....ahh! Idiocracy. The apathetic and the apprehensive have a voice now. I liken Trump to a bragging wrestling ring master and his followers are his fan base who like to hear it raw. "Punch 'em in the face", "take 'em out in a stretcher"–thats what you do to those who disagree with you and that's Trumps answer to all questions about how he is going to make America great again. And someone needs to tell The Donald that being politically incorrect doesn't mean you have a free hand at throwing around insults but who's to tell an old silver spoon what he can or cannot do.

I am enjoying reading all the commentary on The Donald's stage antics and the sheer panic that is gripping the Republican Party leadership. I am for a world future with less wars and action to thwart climate change so I am for Trump becoming the eventual nominee of his party because two things the GOP leadership and Trump have in common is they don't believe in the long road of diplomacy in problem solving nor climate change and one thing is most likely–The Donald will lose to either Hillary or Sanders.  The US is still the most influential country in the world so we are far from ready to have to put up with an 'idiocratic' US.