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Idiocracy was, in and of itself, based on flawed premises. It acted like the problem was 'people have low intelligence, and low-intelligence people believe nonsense.' The real problem is the attitude of the heart. Highly intelligent people are at least as likely as low-intelligence people to...

You have completely missed my point, and are arguing against some other point, though I'm not sure what. This is what I was arguing against. My argument against it is as follows: 1. If might makes right, then if the mighty declare a thing is to be done, that would make it the right thing to...

That is not logically consistent. If might makes something right, then it shouldn't matter what a different society does, just whether or not they're willing to exercise violence to make sure it happens. If what is done matters independently of whether or not violence was used to enforce it...

This is one of the more edgelordy takes I've seen recently. If violence is the ultimate arbiter of what is correct, why is it that more violent societies, that more explicitly embrace 'might makes right,' end up not only being less prosperous and healthy, but also less capable of using...