I just finished watching the 2006 film, Idiocracy, for about the sixth time.  The movie, starring Luke Wilson and Maya Rudolph, displays the results of decades of personal enlightenment, political correctness, political corruption, and the dumbing down of educational processes, all of which result in a uniformly unthinking society absent intellectual curiosity, social responsibility, faith in anything beyond oneself, and general stupidity.   The movie was  recommended to me by my wise niece, who I I believe uses the flick to periodically cleanse her brain.  The society in the movie suggests a possible path that we may be embarked upon today.

I needed to watch it before celebrating today’s 1st annual Global Divestment Day, a two day, multi-city attempt by climate activists  to cajole university endowment fund managers into divesting all fossil fuel related equities.  Advocates of this investing strategy suggest that there will be little or no impact on long term total portfolio returns, or if they are wrong, that you will  at least be considered  a  really cool climatologist.

The stunning part is that several major university endowments have, or are seriously considering the group’s advocacy.    But now that I’ve re-viewed Idiocracy, it just seems to fit in with the direction of our culture.   Global Divestment Day would be a perfect add-in to the movie.                            WHAT THE HECK !