[Ads-l] idiocracy

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Wed Jul 1 15:20:55 UTC 2020


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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