"Ideocracy" is a post apocalyptic/ comedy film directed by Mike Judge. Released in 2006, it portrays a dystopian future where society's intelligence has plummeted with an average IQ of 4 due to a repeated pattern of poor natural selection. The story follows an average military guy who was chosen to be part of a science experiment that basically involves military personnels to be frozen as part of a military hibernation project, in order to preserve their best soldiers, for the strongest wars, However, the project is forgotten, and the protagonists wakes up 500 years later to discover a world where society has devolved into an intellectually challenged and absurd state. While this movie is meant for comedic exaggeration and entertainment some elements of the film seem to be chillingly familiar, for example one of the earliest scenes when the protagonist wakes up in a strange man’s house as the strange man watches TV but with multiple channels and adds playing simultane
The chaos of freedom Sama el aggad 2023 In contemporary society, the concept of "being free" is a multifaceted phenomenon, driven into the fabric of political, social, and cultural dimensions. Freedom, at its core, is a complexity, of individual liberties, societal structures, and cultural values, and social hierarchy. we live in a constant agonizing battle for individual rights like free speech and fair treatment, a Civil War between people who want the same thing. Culture, with its traditions and norms, when weaponized becomes the root of the issue, But who says we can't challenge these norms? It's a constant push-and-pull, a tug-of-war between the way things were and the way we want them to be, because humans are stubborn and won’t settle for a middle ground, so they fight till there is no ground to stand on, because it’s all left to the hands of politicians. In the uproar about freedom, these news agencies like, BBC News and The New York Times, and various oth