Idiocracy as inevitable?

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I notice that people are correct in the assumption that we're becoming an idiocracy in the US. But is it inevitable? What can we do then that's actually constructive? Do you think inevitable advances in technology are to blame? Or should we blame ourselves? By the way, I don't know if this goes against the rules of the forum, but if there is really a Hell, the people who truly belong there are the politicians and other powerful people who screw everything over.

Technological dependency, growing up spoiled and entitled, growing up with too much mass media, and it helped result in president Mountain Dew-Herbert-Camacho getting a second term. Voting for someone because they are black or because they promise lots of free handouts is a good example of a government by the peons for the peons.

Idiocracy is not happening. The evidence is that we are continually getting smarter.

Idiocracy (The personal traits exhibited by an individual; e.g., "idiosyncrasy"), being the opposite of Conformity (Appearance or actions in accord with prevailing social standards, attitudes, and practices), then I'd say that idiocracy is not inevitable.

However, if the definition is extended to encompass the idea of a government run by idiots, or with preference give to idiots in matters of hiring, housing, and jurisprudence, then I'd have to say that idiocracy has already happened, and we are only now beginning to realize it.

I thought you were talking about the movie.I see disturbing trends that make me think so,just look at how many people voted for Romney and listen to Fox.I would suggest neutering and spaying for them.Maybe a free clinic,offer them Do-nuts and a carton of ciggs and they will line up to be fixed.

When any schlemiel can hop around in front of a video camera and start a new dance craze ... when a putz can publicly dismiss 47% of the voters and still be shocked when he is not elected ... when an elected official has a say in laws governing women's reproductive rights without knowing how female reproduction works ... when a woman names a celebrity in a paternity suit and then refuses to produce a DNA sample that could confirm her claim ... when people who can't prove anything wonder why no one with any investigative authority will believe them ... when a woman whose sole claim to fame is having once posed nude for a national magazine is hailed as an expert on developmental disorders ... when a hack science-fiction writer can invent an entire religion and see it grow into a multi-billion dollar industry ... when people refuse the only advice that will help them solve their problems just so they can continue to draw attention to themselves with their whining ... when people refer to members of another group in the vilest of terms and then wonder why those people don't like them ... when people will believe in anything as long as it has no supporting evidence ... when only white males are generally considered sexist or racist ... when sympathy is given to child molesters while their victims are treated like criminals ... when all that it takes to get elected is to out-spend your opponent ... when a person responds to fact-based refutation of their most cherished beliefs by attacking the people who made the fact-based refutations ...


... Then I'd have to say that the Idiocracy is upon us.

Well, since most experts believe that technology is inevitable, wouldn't it logically follow that (over)dependence on it is inevitable? If that doesn't logically follow, then wouldn't technology itself also be not inevitable? Can somebody help me solve this logical puzzle?

Ow my balls.

Certainly seems like it.

It is a great movie by the way, big fan of Mike Judge.