“Yes, Minister” and “Yes, Prime Minister” were ahead of their time, making fun of the Deep State by what amounts to exposing it. That’s the one thing that scared me when I first saw it: “Man, I’m glad that can’t happen here!” Ah, the innocence of youth.
Yes Minister portrayed the accuracy of FedGov much in the same way 1984 did.
Much in the same way Idiocracy is coming to reality.