"Idiocracy" creator says it might have been too optimistic

Mike Judge, the creator of films like “Office Space” and “Idiocracy,” said the latter movie may have been a little too optimistic in its timeline of American decline for the era of President Trump.

In fact, Judge told The New York Times Magazine in an article published Thursday, he’s not quite sure the United States will still exist in 2505 – the year in which “Idiocracy” is set.

The film centers around a dystopian future, in which mankind has devolved into abject stupidity after repeated generations in which the stupidest have the most children.