In the movie average guy has been transported into society of stupids. But if you’re genius, you see all the idiocies of modern society, all the stupidity of average Joe, and you have no choice but to play the stupid game of life in accordance with dumb laws that this dumb society managed to create
Yes, Idiocracy misses that education matters far more than genetics. And education is something that has steadily gotten better for each generation. We stand on the shoulders of giants with access to the combined knowledge of everyone that came before us.
Ypu vastly under estimate the number of flat earthers and spiritualists.
I think you vastly overestimate the education level of previous generations.
Tge quality has but not everyone has access to it. Most of our problems (in the world as a whole) could be solved by givis everyone access to good education and critical thinking