Analysis
The idea of a dystopian society based on dysgenics is not new. H. G. Wells' The Time Machine postulates a devolved society of humans, as in the short story "The Marching Morons" by Cyril M. Kornbluth, akin to the "Epsilon-minus Semi-Morons" of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.
In 2011, Meghan Daum compared the behavior of notable U.S. politicians, such as Sarah Palin, and the US Congress to the characters in Idiocracy and has argued that in the United States, both liberals and conservatives claim that their opponents are contributing to an Idiocracy-like world. Jackson Browne calls Idiocracy a "great societal barometer".
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