Director Mike Judge Says It's 'Scary' How Idiocracy Has Come True

And he's right.

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It's been 10 years since Mike Judge released the movie Idiocracy, a comedy that has eerily become a prediction of the world in 2016. The 2006 satire starred Luke Wilson as a completely average man who was cryogenically frozen for 500 years and then wakes up at a time when everyone is a total idiot—and he's the smartest person alive. According to the movie's explanation, everyone's IQs went down because dumber people had more children, but it seems like that wasn't even necessary.

"I didn't want Idiocracy to get popular by the world getting stupider faster," Judge, who now runs the show Silicon Valley, said in an interview with The Daily Beast. "I guess I was 450 years off! But yeah, it's a tad bit scary!"

Judge had specific examples about how exact plot points from Idiocracy are now real. This past March, the CEO of Carl's Jr. said he wants to test out completely automated restaurants. And in Idiocracy, there's a Carl's Jr. kiosk that malfunctions.

At the end of this year, a coffee shop called Fellatio Café will open in Geneva, Switzerland that offers oral sex alongside your caffeine boost. In Idiocracy, that place is simply Starbucks.

And of course, there's Donald Trump, our current Republican nominee for president, who has appeared in pro-wrestling matches and puts an emphasis on entertainment rather than policy. Sounds a lot like President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho. (Judge tried to make Camacho-themed videos pegged to this year's election, but Fox turned him down.)

Terry Crews, who played Camacho, told Time that he definitely sees his character in this year's presidential race. "I look now, and I go, 'Holy cow, these people are actually talking about each other's wives.' It's not politics. It's like 'Yo mama,'" he said. "The cult of masculinity has gone amok. What he is saying is, 'I will beat you down and take your women.'"

Here's Camacho's State of the Union address, and a possible preview of a Trump administration. Hope you like product placement.

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