I don't think we are headed there. We are there. Hardly a week goes by that we don't reference lines from “Idiocracy” in our family discussions.
“Idiocracy” is amazingly social commentary. Look at this past week, with all the wailing and gnashing of teeth over the premature death of Whitney Houston. Yes, she was a gifted singer. Yes, she was beautiful. But she chose to throw it all away. Anyone who didn't see that coming truly is oblivious to reality. But meanwhile, the tributes go on and on. The American flag is at half mast while the American public is continuously treated to a living soap opera with her husband and daughter getting stoned after the funeral. Sales of her recordings go higher and higher. Her memorabilia is snatched up as more and more is produced - further tributes to a modern day heroine who happened to be drug addict.
That movie is an unheralded masterpiece.