History Fridge / Idiocracy

** Unfortunately, the corporations' [[GoneHorriblyRight plans worked too well]]: they have succeeded in manipulating society so much. there is nobody left who could reverse course, even with things like a Dust Bowl approaching. Everybody alive takes the bullshit and manipulations spewed by these mega-corporations as a given fact and lacks the mental ability to resist, thus why society seems to be drifting toward some kind of collapse. Even the Brawndo [=CEO=] apparently has no clue how to stop his company from laying people off. He's a descendant of the Brawndo [=CEO=] who replaced water, but who ended up buying the propaganda his ancestors spewed.

* The film seemingly overlooks that ''half the workforce'' has lost their jobs, sparking an economic collapse that would make the TheGreatDepression seem tame. Unless Joe's agricultural reforms create some kind of boom, the American people are headed for some rough times.

** Notice how in the future no elderly people are seen... Considering the rancid lifestyle and diet of the dumbed down society, we see no elders because people probably die of heart failure, diabetes and other diseases without reaching their 60s...

** Costco apparently provides law degrees. A moron like Frito being allowed to get a law degree seems like an absurd joke, but their maybe a more sinister reason: in the ancient past, Costco was able to rig the courts to not only give themselves immunity, but [[KangarooCourt deliberately churn out bad lawyers and public defenders so nobody could stop them from taking control of the legal system]]. Perhaps even more menacingly, they used the corrupted legal system to silence past dissenters from standing up to them. The reason why Joe is mistreated in court and the prisons are so bad is because they were set up to persecute people like him.

* While the film portrays the stupidity of 2505 as the result of dumb people outbreeding smart people, there could be another explanation: [[CorruptCorporateExecutive mega-corporations have deliberately manipulated society for centuries into giving them everything they want]]. Brawndo was able to buy out not just politicians, but ''[[MegaCorp entire government agencies]]'' and make their product ubiquitous enough that people treat Brawndo consumption as a scientific fact. Corporations have gained a ridiculous degree of power in society, and it is implied their power extends beyond replacing water itself. And the way they've wield that power is why society has broken down.

''Brought to you by Carl's Jr.''
* The film seemingly overlooks that ''half the workforce'' has lost their jobs, sparking an economic collapse that would make the TheGreatDepression seem tame. Unless Joe's agricultural reforms create some kind of boom, the American people are headed for some rough times.

* The film seemingly overlooks that ''half the workforce'' has lost their jobs, sparking an economic collapse that would make the UsefulNotes/TheGreatDepression seem tame. Unless Joe's agricultural reforms create some kind of boom, the American people are headed for some rough times.

* Brawndo going bankrupt after Joe orders that the crops be given only water makes sense: Branwdo has not only monopolized much of the soft drink industry but even utilities since Brawndo is used in water fountains and irrigation. The switch would severely impact Brawndo's bottom line.

''Brought to you by Carl's Jr.''

* A woman tries to buy some fries from a Carl's Jr. kiosk. Though she clearly paid, the box that comes out of the dispenser is empty. When she argues with the machine that it didn't give her anything, the machine responds by spraying her face with some kind of mist that instantly turns her docile (and she eventually just wanders off). Meanwhile, her two children are left there, while the kiosk states "you are an unfit mother, your children are now the property of Carl's Jr." The machine couldn't give food it didn't have (as a result of the mentioned dust bowl), yet charged the woman anyway, and then stole her kids because she couldn't feed them. How many kids ended up being corporate property this way? Brrr!
** A fat guard that checks Joe in when he arrives in prison has a Carl's Jr. logo tattooed beneath his right ear, suggesting he was raised by that company and labeled as their property...