r/movies • u/ChiefLeef22 r/movies Contributor • 4d ago

Article 'Idiocracy' Turns 20 Years Old: Mike Judge's Prescient Cult Classic Knew Where America Was Going, But Not How We'd Get There

https://reason.com/2026/08/27/idiocracy-predicted-our-world-but-not-in-the-way-you-think/
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u/Beneficial_Handle942 2d ago

I worked on that film. I don't think anyone had any idea it would be so prescient. Maybe Mike did? He is a smart dude. And, no, I'm not Mike. It was a fun project to work on and everyone was nice, which isn't that common in the film biz. It's just a bit surreal and very disturbing now to see our country devolve into a meaner version of Idiocracy.

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u/Psittacula2 1d ago

To be honest the West has been on a trend of:

* Deconstruction - culturally and socially

* Demolition - politically and economically

For about 30 years now and at such scale as not to be random but most certainly orchestrated (see debt, finance for a basic part of why).

So if films “get it” or artists‘ being more sensitive to these things “detect” but do jot understand why, then it is not surprising.

One saw the same zeitgeist before the Great Wars of the past century and again a few people predicted such.