"The Giant": Similarities of a movie and the ongoing events

Last night, I had a chance to watch a fairly old moving staring Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor (SP?). The movie was called "The Giant". There were many issues in this movies but there was two particular points that reminded me of the similarities of the events of the movies and real current events.

Almost all the events occur in Texas: someone with not a very great personality and completely by luck, becomes extremely rich after accidently discovering oil in his piece of land. As a rich person, this movie shows how everybody including the governor and one Senator are kissing his behind in their speeches to cheering crowd by telling people how smart and incredible the lucky man is.

Also, I noticed one more similarity: The body of an American soldier who is killed in war is returned home, and yes the soldier was of a poor Mexican immigrant family. And this is while there are other similar age people who are safe and unharmed as they don't go to war. Of course, they are not from poor families.