The name “Devo” comes “from their concept of ‘de-evolution’ - the idea that instead of continuing to evolve, mankind has actually begun to regress, as evidenced by the dysfunction and herd mentality of American society.”
This idea was developed as a joke by Kent State University art students Gerald Casale and Bob Lewis as early as the late 1960s.
It’s no longer a joke.
And they made it into a movie, “Idiocracy.”