The Trump White House hosted UFC Freedom 250 on the South Lawn Sunday, featuring MMA fights framed as a patriotic spectacle. According to Variety's Marlow Stern, the event drew an unflattering comparison to Mike Judge's satirical film 'Idiocracy,' which depicts a future society that rejects intellectualism in favor of base entertainment.

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