Combine that episode with "Men Against Fire," and we've got our near future.
Throw in a little bit of presidential pig fucking for fun.
Side note, I rewatched 15 Million Merits a couple weeks back and goddamn there was a lot I forgot about that one. We may not be powering a generational space ship with exercise bikes, but holy shit did it nail worker exploitation, classism, and consumerism. And the banality of it all.
The end is absolutely brutal on so many levels.