He had the important (and, admittedly unrealistic) important capability of recognising that someone was smarter than himself.
I honestly think this is the major plot hole in Idiocracy: The first thing to go would be peoples ability to recognise expertise. Thus, nobody would be willing or able to recognise that a stranger knew how to solve a problem they had no clue how to deal with. This is the real-world Idiocracy we’re seeing today.
“my ex wife was tarded, but now she’s a pilot!” (we are living inside Idiocracy for real now)
Except President Camacho was smarter than Trump.
He had the important (and, admittedly unrealistic) important capability of recognising that someone was smarter than himself.
I honestly think this is the major plot hole in Idiocracy: The first thing to go would be peoples ability to recognise expertise. Thus, nobody would be willing or able to recognise that a stranger knew how to solve a problem they had no clue how to deal with. This is the real-world Idiocracy we’re seeing today.