. . I suppose one might also call the 'The Running Man' vision a dystopic lookout concerning America ( apart from it having clear NWO-allusions and also describing a dystopic future of television per se . . )
The USA were based on freedom and the European peoples . .
Freedom for settlers from Europe that is.
. . in this dystopic vision the USA is totally multicultual ( the movie was made in '87 and for the time it was done in it was very , very multicultural : Many blacks , many Latin-Americans , plus others . .)
Like I said , even the gladiators in the show are multicultural.
So . . multiculturalism . . .check.
Totalitarianism . . . check . .
Totally centralized government , rules by brute force , totalitarianism.
Also , the word cadre , the government in the movie , is often deemed as socialist slang . .
So . . a totalitarian America.
Last . . media control . . double-check.
Television , an instrument of the N.W.O. , now rules practically completely . .
. . there are told lies about events , the state is glorified , delinquents are executed live on tv for "pleasure of the audience" , lethal game shows for the winning of money are on the air etc etc . .