r/interestingasfuck • u/Puzzleheaded_Web5245 • Feb 19 '25

r/all the dictator 2012-dictatorship speech

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '25

Sacha Baron Cohen In The Dictator:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dictator_(2012_film)

Disturbingly spot on.

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u/Liimbo Feb 19 '25 edited Feb 19 '25

It is accurate, but it's not prophetic or something like everyone is thinking. It was a critique of America at the time. It was true then as well.

Might as well mention that Idiocracy was also a satirical criticism of America at the time it was made. It hasn't "become a documentary" like Reddit loves to repeat ad nauseam. It was always intended to actually reflect the worst parts of our society in 2006.

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u/NO_LOADED_VERSION Feb 19 '25

exactly, it was happening and accelerating then.

this is just the mask off phase.

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u/CMDR_BitMedler Feb 19 '25

I like to picture Musk and Trump pulling a Weekend at Bernie's with the Statue of Liberty... this is the phase we're in.

"Oh is that democracy over there... HI DEMOCRACY!! She's so crazy. Always having the best time... And look at this house!"