[Ads-l] idiocracy

Amy West medievalist at W-STS.COM
Mon Aug 31 12:50:18 UTC 2020


WOTY candidate?

(because of new relevancy?)

---Amy West

On 7/2/20 00:00, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
> Date:    Wed, 1 Jul 2020 11:20:55 -0400
> From:    Jonathan Lighter<wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: idiocracy
>
> Mike Judge's crude but prophetic film satire appeared in 2006, but this may
> be the first time I've seen it used as a common noun. (Surely not!):
>
>
> https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/max-boot-blame-coronavirus-column-103956270.html
>
>
> " 'We are living — and now dying — in an idiocracy of our own creation,'
> conservative columnist Max Boot concluded his latest column for The
> Washington Post.
>
> JL

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