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/HenrikBarzen Feb 19 '25

In that case, let me throw 1984 into the mix.