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Government by the least suitable or competent citizens of a state.
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Read more Philip K Dick.
Idiocracy
Idiocracy was just idiots, not an actively malicious group.
The state is always malicious.
Dr Strangelove
Drain the swamp tho…
Gotta drain the swamp to make room for the cesspool.
Can we instead install a drowning pool? It's usage can be for the "elites" and not the peasants this time.
You do not recognize the bodies in the water.
That's a pretty good example of trump's environmental policy.
Because they didn't have to imagine it, as its a pretty standard affair.
Yup, I could point randomly in Congress (or your government of choice) and have a high chance of picking someone that matches one or more of those descriptions.
Non-fiction.
How about the TV series Years and Years?
A very underrated show.
Atlas shrugged? I only read half of it.
I watched all 3 atlas shrugged movies. It basically comes to down to "if I can't have it then no one can"
Sprinkled in with CEOs on the factory floor rolling up their sleeves and stopping an accident. A true work of fiction.
I did a report on that book in high school. I got through maybe 15 pages before losing all willpower. Then I read a bunch of summaries and other reviews. I got an A. I think my teacher hadn't read it either.
Back when I still had right-wing friends, one of them wouldn't shut up about Atlas Shrugged. So I agreed to read the book with him if he promised to read The Jungle afterwards. We both quit before getting through the first chapter. What a crappy book!
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There's gotta be some cold war fiction that hits on at least a few of those points.
Thats because nobody wants to read trash like that.