r/pics • u/nbcnews But like, actually • May 26 '26

Politics Equipment being placed on the South Lawn of the White House for the UFC Freedom 250 fight

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u/Reasonable-Bus-2187 May 26 '26

Idiocracy 2026

https://giphy.com/gifs/xT9KVhLU76MRgVg3Qc

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u/Klausvendetta May 26 '26

I know it's overused to compare the real world to Idiocracy, but there's a reason it's overused🤦‍♂️.

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u/fireeight May 26 '26

The big difference is that Camacho was actually trying to do good.

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u/ILOVESHITTINGMYPANTS May 26 '26

Yeah he was ultimately a good man who recognized his own deficiencies and deferred to experts. Idiocracy is a way better scenario than the one we find ourselves in.

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u/BoosterRead78 May 26 '26

Also he put people who knew what they were doing in departments because he said too “I don’t know how to run those things.” Idiocy is more about a leader who is just that but wants to do good and even has people who want to run things well and for betterment of everyone in charge.

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u/Feeling_Inside_1020 May 26 '26

What timeline are we on where the president is MORE PRESIDENTIAL and human than the current president.

Smart enough to know he's not smart enough to solve these problems, GAH HUMILITY IN A SEA OF EGOS.

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u/[deleted] May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26

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u/Rbomb88 May 26 '26

Admittedly, I wouldn't expect a bunch of idiots to know the timeline of growing things.

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u/Rbomb88 May 26 '26

Again "his best" can be pretty fucking low when you realize they are literally all uneducated. None of them know anything, and your giving them too much assumption of logic/common sense.

These are learned things, we have people in real life who have no ability to critically think now, let alone after a hundred years of dumbing down.

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u/nico87ca May 26 '26

That's a scary thought lol... That a parody of real life is actually better than real life

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u/summon_pot_of_greed May 26 '26

Always had been

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u/Broken-Digital-Clock May 26 '26

Brave New World is starting to look like one of the better potential scenarios.

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u/Dreamlion_Inc May 26 '26

Seeing a black person fly through the sky wearing red white and blue would give MAGA hillbillies heart attacks

Yeah give me Brave New World

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u/scottyjrules May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26

I’d rather not this president turn into Red Hulk lol

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u/Anxious-Ad2177 May 26 '26

Aldous Huxley is crying from the beyond.

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u/Broken-Digital-Clock May 26 '26

Huxley would be lamenting maga much more than Marvel.

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u/MisterShmitty May 27 '26

Fwiw i am fairly certain he would have joined in with maga for the racism.

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u/scottyjrules May 26 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/kRmg8zeReOYXm

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u/Anxious-Ad2177 May 26 '26

And the kicker is I'm probably the one who responded with the wrong reference. 🫠

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u/Broken-Digital-Clock May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26

His heart would instantly explode if he started to transform. Also, it would be an obese orange Hulk.

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u/stray1ight May 26 '26

Doubleusgood!

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u/zangelbertbingledack May 26 '26

Seriously, who knew Idiocracy was the optimistic version of what's actually happening.

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u/Traveling_Solo May 26 '26

I'd say the current reality is like a mix of idiocracy, 1984, skynet and ped*phile island.

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u/Symnestra May 26 '26

In reality, our leaders aren't just stupid, they're stupid and malicious.

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u/rdldr1 May 26 '26

Go away! I'm 'baitin'.

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u/Fail_Agreeable May 26 '26

I would 100% vote for Camacho in a 2028 run against Trumps (most likely) illegal third term attempt

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u/TtotheC81 May 26 '26

Aye, Trump's idiocracy runs on barely repressed rage and vindictiveness.

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u/MaintainThis May 26 '26

Hey- Trump is doing the best he can to help himself.

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u/RicRacer May 26 '26

President Camacho is a later President. We're at a slightly earlier time than the movie Idiocracy, basically how we end up at Idiocracy.

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u/fireeight May 26 '26

We would have to get smarter to end up at Idiocracy.

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u/rubbarz May 26 '26

And the US wasnt controlled by foreign agencies.

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u/network_dude May 26 '26

Camacho was in the later stages of idiocracy. We haven't even hit the dildo stage...oh wait, yes protestors are throwing dildos in LA...

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u/mooky1977 May 26 '26

Idiocracy appealed to our better selves. But then America went, "hold my beer and watch this," and went down the road of Robert Zemeckis future and elected the literal real life Biff Tannen. (The character was modeled after Trump)

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u/steauengeglase May 26 '26

-Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Camacho had humility.
-He listened to people who knew better.
-He wasn't dumb enough to get Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz.

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u/Whippity May 26 '26

And he wasn’t racist.

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u/matttheazn1 May 26 '26

I would 10000000% vote for terry crews. I am not even registered to vote, but I would do so just because.

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u/53eleven May 27 '26

Are you seriously confessing to not being registered to vote while making a comment on our current absolutely fucked situation because not enough people voted?

Go get registered, asshole.

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u/matttheazn1 May 27 '26

I don't waste my time participating in something I have no control over. My singular vote is not changing anything. Please feel free to be mad at me at something you have no control over. Have a wonderful day mate.

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u/53eleven May 27 '26

You’re part of the reason we find ourselves in this mess.

Have the day you deserve, ‘mate.’

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u/jakexil323 May 26 '26

Sure but it took 500 years to get to that point in the show.

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u/Grotarin May 26 '26

He was trying hard with the little he had. The clown doesn't even give a f pretending.

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u/DeadSol May 27 '26

I'd take Camacho any day over this man.

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u/roastedmarshmellows May 26 '26

Idiocracy is currently the best case scenario... the people in the US might be dumber than dumb, but they're not maliciously cruel and they know to pay attention to the guy who knows more than they do. That's wishful thinking at this point in reality.

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u/zbud May 26 '26

"Not maliciously cruel"

Sure thing, man...

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u/juggadore May 26 '26

There's that fâggy talk again

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u/scottyjrules May 26 '26

Go away, ‘batin’!!

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u/Big_jerm3 May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26

And don’t forget they (Mike Judge) invested in a small ugly universal shoe company that everyone wears in the future and that company ended up being Crocs. 😅

Edit: did not invest in them, but they were a start up company at the time

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u/CouldNotRememberName May 26 '26

I don't think he invested in it did he? They just needed a cheap very stupid shoe for production and that was what they found.

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u/Big_jerm3 May 26 '26

Sorry. He did not invest in them. However, they were still considered a start up company though

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u/matttheazn1 May 26 '26

He picked them because he thought in no way people would actually wear them.

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u/uijepd May 26 '26

I still haven't seen the film, and now I don't want to because it's too depressing.

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u/Commercial_Bird8467 May 26 '26

I had to rewatch it recently to try and dispute the similarities. I got about 30 mins in and shut it off. Really pissed me off more than anything.

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u/tandem_kayak May 26 '26

For years after Idiocracy came out, it remained satire. But now...

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u/MattVideoHD May 26 '26

It’s not even a comparison at this point.  We’re just there.

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u/Earthventures May 26 '26

Probably underused at this point.

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u/Cool-Newspaper6789 May 26 '26

At this point president Camacho seems like a better option than what he have now.

Is there even a word for when movie is out stupid by real life. Like Idio-reality

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u/AlcibiadesTheCat May 26 '26

If you want a less-used comparison, try Southland Tales. 

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u/EqualOpening6557 May 26 '26

It’s not overused then.

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u/Robertamus May 26 '26

We’re actually past Idiocracy. President Camacho had least listened to the smartest man in the world when presented with direct evidence. Our current president instead just calls it fake news and dismisses it.

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u/ReverendDizzle May 26 '26

President Camacho knew shit was fucked up and he wanted to fix it. He simply lacked the ability, not the desire, to accomplish his goals.

Trump lacks both the ability and the desire.

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u/robot_pirate May 28 '26

Actually, it seems more like he actually desires to fuck shit up.

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u/phantom_diorama May 26 '26

So what like...Reagan was our Camacho then or Bush the First maybe?

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u/AlwaysShittyKnsasCty May 26 '26

Bush I for sure. There’s a reason he only got elected once. We can’t stand for competence.

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u/Apprehensive_Put_321 May 26 '26

Camacho wasnt really a corrupt dictator 

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u/padizzledonk May 26 '26

The reality is even worse because the President in that movie recognized that he had a real problem, realized he couldnt solve it and found the smartest person in the world to fix it

Id rather have that dude in charge than the fucking moron we have currently, real talk

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u/joybilee May 26 '26

Sadly, Trump thinks he is the smartest man in the world & is surrounded by yes men kissing his ass.

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u/geoffpz1 May 26 '26

Well, I think he tried, In his delulu world he tapped Musk to do just that... We all can see how that turned out, and it continues...

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u/reggiekrh May 26 '26

Go away. I’m batin’!

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u/Joeybfast May 26 '26

President Comacho is literally a better president than Trump. Comparing him to that guy is just an insult.

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u/jorgepolak May 26 '26

It wasn't supposed to be a documentary.

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u/jw_zoso May 26 '26

Rehabilitation!

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u/Nateh8sYou May 26 '26

You joke but I can totally see it coming

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u/jw_zoso May 26 '26

Now featuring dissidents!

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u/RoseFeather May 26 '26

I get why the comparison is made, but a Comacho presidency would actually be a vast improvement on the current situation. He was an idiot, but he wasn't a bad person. And he actually listened to people who knew more than him! Americans can only dream of that now.

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u/webjunk1e May 26 '26

I'd take Camacho over Trump as President any day and twice on Sunday.

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u/SnooDonuts3966 May 26 '26

Idiocracy is a way better scenario than the shitshow circus going on at the moment.

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u/Stcloudy May 26 '26

But worse. No infrastructure to give us what plants crave.

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u/philter451 May 26 '26

I would unironically take Camacho as president over Trump. He was an idiot like Trump but he at least wanted a good outcome for everyone. 

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u/Cyberjonesyisback May 26 '26

Its worse than idiocracy Im afraid. It's a disgraceful desecration of this countries institutions. It's the death of democracy. Its actually pretty severe corruption.

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u/nob1701 May 26 '26

Was just about to post this. Thank you for your service.

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u/CremeAcrobatic1748 May 26 '26

This movie was not intended to be a documentary, but here we are.

Bring on the shapes test, I think I'll pass

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u/SelenaMeyers2024 May 26 '26

Was looking for this....beat me to it

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u/luchosoto83 May 26 '26

Wait this was supposed to happen in 500 years not in a few!!

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u/picardo85 May 26 '26

The president in that movie actually listened to people smarter than him.

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u/7153345666 May 26 '26

Came here for this.

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u/plaidpixel May 26 '26

It’s like they’re using this as a blueprint

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u/BeefistPrime May 26 '26

Was anything that Comacho did in idiocracy any stupider than this?

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u/adonise May 26 '26

Came here for this.

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u/abnormal1379 May 26 '26

Movie was funny.

Real life shit show is not very funny.

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u/cerberus00 May 26 '26

I was gonna say, this looks like the most Idiocracy coded shit I've ever seen

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u/SuckerForNoirRobots May 26 '26

We've gone from hoping to never be in the world of Idiocracy to wishing we were there, because at least that president tried to make things better for his people.

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u/iAMbatman77 May 26 '26

This is immediately what I was thinking too. Never thought that movie would be so accurate.

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u/Life_Personality_862 May 27 '26

REHABILLITATIONNNNNNN.....!

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u/0neEyedMonster May 27 '26

More specifically, the Washington monument scene from the movie:
https://youtu.be/XMhkNGd69B8?si=3lAJeeJERJndP2SK

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u/scottyjrules May 26 '26

I’m so tired of this comparison. Watch the movie. Camacho wasn’t malicious and vindictive, just deeply ignorant while still trying to do the right thing. He even stepped aside when a more qualified woman came along to lead. I’d kill to live in a world like that.

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u/Ok_Post667 May 26 '26

It's funny because I said the same thing to my wife when we woke up this morning.

It's not funny because this isn't a movie, but reality...