I saw Demolition Man when it came out. I thought it was great, but none of it was surprising to me. On the contrary, I thought it meshed with social trends I was already experiencing in various media (other movies, songs, sci-fi books, MTV, etc.). Demolition Man used what was already there and took it to the inevitable conclusion.

I suggest that is what always happens in "cultural changes". First the seeds are planted, then those seeds grow, first in fiction, and then in fact.

That's how predictive programming works, by degrees. It is the primary tool of social engineering in practice.

I suggest this type of social engineering has been going on for a long time.