The movie "Idiocracy" was based on a story "The Marching Morons" by CM Kornbluth.
Kornbluth and Frederick Pohl did another book, "The Space Merchants." It was written in the 1950s and depicts a future where advertising has become considered one of the fine arts, along with music and theater.
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The movie "Idiocracy" was based on a story "The Marching Morons" by CM Kornbluth.
Kornbluth and Frederick Pohl did another book, "The Space Merchants." It was written in the 1950s and depicts a future where advertising has become considered one of the fine arts, along with music and theater.
https://readerslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Marching-Morons.pdf
https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-space-merchants-c-m-kornbluth/8b603d2c9b1aa3b6?ean=9781250000156&next=t