Originally Posted by k0nr4d

Well, I suppose the answer is that everyone will see the (completely useless) government in that movie as the opposite of what they would support, because everyone thinks their views are the correct ones. The thing about the left to me is feeling trumps science. I'm wondering when they're gonna tear down all the statues of Isic Newton and burn them too

You viewed them as right wing, most likely because you saw they were useless and ineffective, unwilling to listen to science, and caring only about the next election. I saw them as left-wing, for the very same reason that you saw them as right-wing.

I suppose this suggests that the government in the movie was meant to just portray "the government" and not any specific party or side.