You could also look at it as a metaphor for the continued debasement of american public life and mass media. Or an excuse to make lots of dick jokes.
replyI always saw the mechanism being that Clevon created more offspring without instilling good memes.
replyIf it's even a little bit genetic, the idiocracy effect still holds up
replyThe number one goal in a functioning democracy should be to have the highest possible education rate.
replyNumber one? Highest?
replyI disagree with the extremes.
Why wouldn't self defense be number one, in many cases/times?
Why wouldn't we simply stop spending on education at break even ROI? (to be clear that's not the same as the education creates a salary bump equal to the tuition ... there are Nth order effects of education that should be priced into my point)