  Relying on some auxiliary assumptions, usually considered mild, Bell's
theorem proves that no local theory can reproduce all the predictions of
quantum mechanics. In this work, we introduce a fully local, superdeterministic
model that, by explicitly violating settings independence--one of these
auxiliary assumptions, requiring statistical independence between measurement
settings and systems to be measured--is able to reproduce all the predictions
of quantum mechanics. Moreover, we show that, contrary to widespread
expectations, our model can break settings independence without an initial
state that is too complex to handle, without visibly losing all explanatory
power and without outright nullifying all of experimental science. Still, we
argue that our model is unnecessarily complicated and does not offer true
advantages over its non-local competitors. We conclude that, while our model
does not appear to be a viable contender to their non-local counterparts, it
provides the ideal framework to advance the debate over violations of
statistical independence via the superdeterministic route.
