I wonder if you could analyze internet discussions for an effect.

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      5 hours ago

      Unfortunately, that movie’s main message was about eugenics. I am not arguing that anti-intellectualism is not spreading like a cancer, but that movie is not the best thing to reference.

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        I don’t think it ever actually promoted eugenics. It just explored the natural consequences of two facts in a comedic way:

        • Intelligence has a hereditary component to it.
        • Stupid people have more kids.

        It never tries to push any eugenics-based agenda. It would have if they tried to say that dumb people shouldn’t be allowed to have kids, but they never went anywhere near that.

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      Shit. I know shit’s bad right now, with all that starving bullshit, and the dust storms, and we are running out of french fries and burrito coverings. But I got a solution.