We have arrived! As previewed — and perpetually promoted — “2025” is here, in vivid color.

Citizens are slowly waking and staring blankly at their current “Brawndo Network” broadcast. They may or may not notice their WWW hero, President Commancho, is leading a parade to the sports dome for the latest battle to the death.

They at some point crawl out of their caves to a well-trashed landscape: All those pesky “administrative” government functions were finally — well… — trashed. Healthcare is a hilarious joke. Farming is allowed only if a certain Brawndo-promoted product is applied instead of water. Trying to get something as simple as a driver’s license is a Sisyphean task verging on trying to reach eternal orbit.

People eventually become so devoid of thought their speech is a constant drunkard’s slur. But for those with any remaining brainwaves, there is hope! It was “just a movie!” — “Idiocracy,” which arrived in 2006 to little notice.

Surely, somehow ours is a “reality show” that possibly can’t be real?

JAMES TONGUE

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