* A generation of men raised with absent father figures is leading to listless depression.

* Every person has an idealized version of themselves in their head where they are powerful and purposeful.

* Modern middle class culture has no real danger in it, and we have lost our connection to the world of physical violence and dominance.

* Living for the acquisition of more IKEA furniture is a poor life decision.

And so on and so forth. Like most decently thoughtful and provocative film and writing it throws a lot of things at you and makes you think and reconsider your values a little. It has a lot of messages, some contradictory, some confusing or banal, and some intriguing.

Sure there are particulars. But is FC's consuming consumer that much different (metaphorically) from being a battery for the machines?

I don't think so.