Harrison Bergeron movie

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I just found this movie, it’s based on a short story by Kurt Vonnegut about a future America where everyone is completely equal. Anyone who is more talented or intelligent is “handicapped” to make them more normal. Presidents, congressmen, governors, &c are not elected, they are chosen by lottery – given the current situation that doen’t sound like such a bad idea.

The movie is actually an improvement on the short story.
 
didymus said:
I just found this movie, it’s based on a short story by Kurt Vonnegut about a future America where everyone is completely equal. Anyone who is more talented or intelligent is “handicapped” to make them more normal. Presidents, congressmen, governors, &c are not elected, they are chosen by lottery – given the current situation that doen’t sound like such a bad idea.

The movie is actually an improvement on the short story.
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This movie sounds great, and you’re right, the lottery form of government would be an improvement.
 
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This movie sounds great, and you’re right, the lottery form of government would be an improvement.
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In one scene the President, a steelworker from Pittsburgh, has given Morocco 24 hours to dismantle a “t-bomb” they had built. His advisors are worried, telling him you can’t talk to foreign leaders like that, warning of fallout &c.
He responds in the most obscene terms. Suddenly a messenger comes in saying his proposal have been accepted. Not to name names but it occurred to me that it might not be a bad thing to have an irrationally unpredictable commander-in-chief.
 
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Not to name names but it occurred to me that it might not be a bad thing to have an** irrationally unpredictable commander-in-chief. **
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Sorry, as a Canadian I am constitutionally ineligible to serve.
 
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