It was the first big movie that was really influenced by punk rock, it's so comically nihilistic that it has aged really really well. One of the best movie soundtracks too, it's worth buying.
The first time I caught this on cable, I was living out in the middle of the fucking desert. I was so glad to see the "town" I was in show up on that map in the intro.
True. A guy at work is very into conspiracy theories about the Federal Reserve and is a self-confessed 9/11 Truther and Birther. I initially pitied him, but now just see he uses that stuff as an excuse to be a bitter drunk who refuses to take personal responsibility for his actions. Why even try to eke out a decent life for yourself when it's so much easier to blame unseen powers-that-be as the reason your own life is so fucked up?