I fucking hate this comparison.
The government in Idiocracy actually tried. They were just idiots. The bad guy in that movie is stupidity.
When these comparisons started that wasn’t even a fair comparison. And I mean like, it was common enough when W. was still in office, among the like 10 people who had seen it by that time.
We have actively malicious state actors who love that you’re so willing to believe they’re only stupid.
Also Mike Judge is terrified of poor people.
Mike Judge is the creative mind behind Idiocracy, king of the hill, and office space. A core theme behind the first two is “poor people are stupid and crazy.”